DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Three people were killed and 13 others injured when a coach collided with a motorcycle in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan on Wednesday, according to Rescue 1122.

The rescue service said its teams reached the scene after receiving information about the accident and carried out the rescue operation. The coach was carrying members of a Tablighi Jamaat group.

According to Rescue 1122, the 16 people affected in the accident included two women and a child. The injured were provided first aid at the scene before being taken to Mufti Mahmood Hospital for further treatment.

Rescue teams also transported the bodies of the three deceased to the hospital. Their identities were not immediately known, although the injured parties were identified.

Last week, at least eight people were killed and 30 others injured when a passenger bus collided with a dumptruck near the Havelian Interchange on KP’s Hazara Motorway.

The day before, a collision between a passenger bus and a truck claimed the lives of 11 people and left 33 others injured near Punjab’s Pakpattan.