Islamabad: At least eight people were killed and 11 others injured after a 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 road 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.
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.
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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