Father dies while saving son trapped in Shangla chairlift

A man has lost his life after falling into Indus River while trying to save the life of his beloved son trapped in a chairlift near Shangla on Tuesday.

A boy got stranded in a chairlift in Shangla — a tourist attraction for its scenic high mountains full of forests in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Malakand Division — today.

In a desperate move, the father tried to reach the chairlift carrying his son by using a rope, rescue sources told Geo News.

However, the move brought an untoward outcome as he fell into the Indus River after the rope broke and was swallowed by the raging waters.

Fortunately, the boy was rescued by locals after much effort.

The sources said that a search and rescue operation was also commenced following the incident. However, rescue workers have not recovered the father’s body so far.

The number of chairlift and cable car accidents is high in Pakistan due to a lack of administrative and governmental checks on their operations in several mountainous areas, including the KP province.

These modes of commutations have resulted in several casualties while their unregulated operations also create difficulties for rescue authorities to save precious lives of locals and tourists due to lack of adequate arrangements.