A t least 27 people including 10 Pakistani soldiers were killed and 12 others wounded when a passenger coach smashed into a mountain valley. The accident took place when a bus driver lost control over a vehicle due to technical glitch in a bus, the regional Police head informed the media on Sunday. The bus was traveling from Skardu to Rawalpindi when it crashed near Babusar Pass in Dia Mir District. The same source further added that victims of the incident were shifted to closeby government hospital for medical assistance. Diamer District; also called Diamir district is one of the districts of the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. It is the district through which the Karakoram Highway passes. Capital of the district is Chilas.
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