20 people killed in accident in Pakistan

As many as 20 people were killed in an accident in Pakistan after their three-wheeler fell in a canal in Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Rescue teams have managed to save the lives of at least three people.

Peshawar:At least 20 people, including children and women, returning from a wedding party were killed when the three-wheeler they were travelling in fell in a canal in northwest Pakistan, rescue officials said on Wednesday.

The vehicle was taking the passengers back home from a marriage ceremony when it fell in the canal in Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province on Tuesday night.

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Twenty bodies were retrieved from the canal, while three people were pulled out alive, the officials said.

KPK Chief Minister Mehmud Khan has expressed condolences over the accident.

PTI