3 die in Chitral road crash

Published January 29, 2006

CHITRAL, Jan 28: Three people were killed and 15 others injured when their vehicle fell into a ravine here on Saturday. A wedding party was going from upper Chitral to Nishko village, some 105km from Chitral, when one of the vehicles carrying guests met with the accident.

Witnesses said it was snowing heavily when the overloaded land cruiser got out of control and fell into the ravine. They said three people died and 15 others suffered injuries. The wounded could not be taken to hospital in time due to bad weather, they added.

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