18 killed in trailer-coach collision in NW Pakistan
STORY: 18 killed in trailer-coach collision in NW Pakistan
DATELINE: Feb. 3, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:31
LOCATION: Islamabad
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At least 18 people were killed and several others were injured Thursday night when a passenger coach collided with a trailer in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said.
The accident took place late Thursday night near Kohat Tunnel on Indus Highway in the Kohat district, when a passenger coach collided with a trailer coming from the opposite direction, according to the police.
Rescue teams had to cut the ill-fated passenger coach to recover the bodies and rescue those trapped inside the vehicle, said the police, adding that the accident happened due to the over-speeding of the trailer.
The passenger coach was traveling from the northwest Lakki Marwat district to Peshawar, the provincial capital.
Following the accident, rescue teams and police reached the scene and shifted the injured people to a nearby ho
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