PESHAWAR, : At least eight people were killed and eleven others injured when a passenger Hiace skidded off the road and fell into a ditch on Kaka Sahib Road in Nowshera district on Monday morning.
Police and rescue workers said the van (P-2362), carrying passengers from Kaka Sahib to Nowshera Cantt fell into a ditch after its driver, Usman, son of Taj Muhammad lost control over the vehicle due to over speed on slippery road.
The rescue team shifted the bodies and injured to Nowshera Medical Complex. The hospital sources said initially five passengers died of their injuries while later three more succumbed to their wounds carrying the number of dead to eight.
The dead included two women, the hospital sources said adding eleven people including children and women were under treatment.
