At least 17 folks have been killed after a passenger van they have been travelling in plunged into a river in Pakistan’s mountainous Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. The automobile was heading from Chilas to Rawalpindi when it fell into the Indus River in the Paniba space of Kohistan district, Dawn new reported.
The van, privately employed by the household for a go to, had 17 folks, together with the motive force. The accident passed off when the motive force misplaced management of the automobile whereas negotiating a pointy flip.
It veered off into the Indus River and received submerged quickly after, the police mentioned, including that 17 folks have died in the incident. Rescue groups have been attempting to find the lacking passengers however confronted hurdles as a result of tough terrain and depth of the river.
The roads linking the northern areas of the nation run by a number of the most treacherous mountains, inflicting frequent mishaps.
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