Pakistan: 10 Killed After Passenger van Smashed Into Trailer In KPK

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — An accident occurred on Tuesday in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Karak district. 

As reported by rescue teams, a speeding passenger van collided with a trailer on the Indus Highway.

The tragic crash happened when a passenger wagon cruising from Dera Ismail Khan to Peshawar smashed into a truck near Meetha Khel village, Union Council, in the Karak District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. 

Rescue teams and villagers reacted quickly to the deadly scene.

Rescue personnel had conveyed both the injured and deceased to the District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital in Karak. 

4 of the seriously injured were moved to Peshawar for better medical care. Sadly, two of them passed away in the hospital. 

The local police officer added that the names of the deceased are yet to be ascertained.