Monitoring Desk
ISLAMABAD: A road accident involving a passenger bus and a truck near the Kohat Tunnel in Pakistan on Thursday night left at least 17 people dead and six others injured.
Teams of Rescue 1122 and local police were rushed to the site to evacuate the injured to the nearby hospitals. The authorities concerned said that the passenger bus was heading from Peshawar to Bannu when it collided with a vehicle heading in the opposite direction.
The dead included two women and three children. The dead bodies of the deceased were shifted to the hospital immediately.
CM takes notice of bus accident
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Caretaker Chief Minister Muhammad Azam Khan has expressed grief and sorrow over the loss of lives in the accident. He also sought a report on the incident.
