At least eight people of a family were killed when a pickup truck fell into a gorge in the Buner District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday.
The pickup truck was on its way from Buner’s Sawari area to Shangrai Kandao when it met with the fatal accident, said Rescue 1122 spokesperson Niaz Muhammad Khan. As a result, he said, five women, two children and a man were killed. He said that all these people were members of the same family and their bodies were sent to their hometown in Shangrai Kandaw.
Apparently, the accident took place due to a technical fault in the vehicle, the Rescue 1122 official. The vehicle fell into a 1600-foot deep gorge after skidding off a dilapidated road.
The deceased were residents of Shangrai Kandao’s Shahi village. A preliminary report of the incident was registered at Gul Bandai police station.
Last month, five people were killed and 19 injured when a bus fell into a gorge in Khanpur tehsil. Most of the link roads in the mountainous districts of northern Pakistan have been badly affected by the recent rainfall.
