23 passengers killed in road accident in AJK

MUZAFFARABAD (92 News) – As many as 23 passengers, including women and children, were killed and several others injured when a speedy passenger coach fell into a deep gorge near Palandri, in Azad Kashmir on Wednesday.

In a statement, Deputy Commissioner Rawalakot said that the ill-fated bus was going from Baloch Tehsil to Rawalpindi.

Rescue teams and ambulances reached the site and shifted the dead bodies and injured to Pulundari and Kotli hospitals. 

Meanwhile, AJK Prime Minister Abdul Qayyum Niazi has expressed grief over the incident. He directed the authorities concerned to provide the best medical treatment to the injured.