3 killed as landslide hits passenger van in NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) — Three people including two soldiers were killed and one injured when a landslide hit a passenger van in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said.
The accident happened on Monday when the passenger van heading toward the northern Gilgit-Baltistan region was hit by landslide in Dasu area, Mukhtiar Ahmad, district police officer of Dasu told media.
The injured was shifted to a nearby hospital for treatment, while the bodies were handed over to relatives.
The provincial disaster management authority warned that more rain was expected in parts of the province, further complicating travel due to landslides and flash floods in several areas. ■