School girls jump out of window mistaking sounds of road roller for earthquake in Pakistan

Eight schoolgirls were seriously injured after jumping from a first-floor classroom in panic, mistaking the vibrations and sounds of a road roller for an earthquake in Pakistan’s Punjab province, Rescue 1122 said on Wednesday. The incident occurred on Tuesday in Jahanian, Khanewal district, approximately 350



kilometres from Lahore.

According to Rescue 1122, the students, aged between 12 and 14, were present in class at the Government Girls High School Jahanian when they felt strong vibrations and heard a thunderous noise caused by a road roller operating near the school as part of road construction work.