{"id":1098,"date":"2026-06-10T09:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T09:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/?p=1098"},"modified":"2026-06-10T09:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T09:48:11","slug":"m-expressway-accident-4-killed-and-12-injured-after-a-van-caught-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/?p=1098","title":{"rendered":"M-Expressway accident: 4 killed and 12 injured after a van caught fire."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A tragic accident occurred on the M-Expressway involving a tourist passenger van, which suddenly caught fire. According to initial reports, the vehicle went out of control due to speeding and crashed into a roadside wall, after which its engine caught fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the incident, the van\u2019s sliding door became jammed, preventing passengers from escaping in time. As a result, four people lost their lives while twelve others were injured, some of them reported to be in critical condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rescue teams and motorway police immediately reached the scene and began relief operations. The injured and deceased were shifted to nearby hospitals, where medical treatment is being provided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities stated that speeding is believed to be the primary cause of the accident; however, a full investigation committee has been formed to determine the exact cause of the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tragic accident occurred on the M-Expressway involving a tourist passenger van, which suddenly caught fire. According to initial reports, the vehicle went out of control due to speeding and crashed into a roadside wall, after which its engine caught fire. During the incident, the van\u2019s sliding door became jammed, preventing passengers from escaping in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1098"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1100,"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1098\/revisions\/1100"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluntline.pk\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}