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8 killed, 11 injured in Pakistan accident

At least eight people were killed and 11 others injured after aa passenger van plunged into a ravine in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Monday, a government official said

Photo Courtesy: IANS
Photo Courtesy: IANS 

At least eight people were killed and 11 others injured after aa passenger van plunged into a ravine in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Monday, a government official said.

The accident took place in Kaka Sahib roadm Nowshera district, Additional Deputy Commissioner Nowshera Noor Wali Khan told Xinhua news agency.

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Following the incident, police along with rescue teams reached the site and shifted the bodies and injured to a nearby hospital.

Local volunteers also participated in the rescue activities.

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Conditions of at least four injured people were reportedly critical, and they have been shifted to a hospital in the provincial capital city of Peshawar for better treatment, said the official.

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The incident took place when the van's driver lost control over the vehicle while taking a sharp turn, according to local reports quoting witnesses.

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