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23 killed in road accident in Pakistan

Published : 04 Nov 2021, 02:56

DF News Desk

Photo taken with mobile phone shows people gathering around a passenger van that fell into a ravine in Kotli of Pakistan-controlled Kashmir on Nov. 3, 2021. Photo: Xinhua.

Twenty three people were killed in a road accident in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir on Wednesday, reported Xinhua, quoting state media and police.

A mini-bus heading towards the country's east Punjab province fell into a ravine when the driver was trying to negotiate with a sharp turn in Kotli district of the region, Rizwan Younus, one of the first cops dispatched by the district police to the accident site told Xinhua.

Based on initial information, Younus said that the ill-fated vehicle was carrying 25 people. However, the country's state news agency Associated Press of Pakistan later said that 37 passengers including women and kids were on-board the mini-bus.

A total of 13 people were also injured in the accident who have been shifted to various hospitals in the district, the state media added.

Younus said that the accident happened at about 10:00 a.m. local time and the vehicle was completely destroyed in the incident.

Road accidents frequently happen in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir due to poor road conditions and complicated turns and twists in the mountainous terrain.