MANSEHRA, Nov 18: At least 20 people were injured when three vehicles collided because of slippery road conditions in district Mansehra on Saturday. The accident occurred when the van driver apparently lost control of the vehicle on a steep bend on the slippery road.

According to police sources a school van carrying students from Abbottabad veered of a mountain road near Elementary College, Ghazi Kot, on the Karakoram Highway, and collided head-on with a passenger van coming from the opposite direction. Meanwhile, another vehicle hit them due to slippery condition. The district administration carried out rescue and relief operation.—APP

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