The coaches were on their way from Karachi to Peshawar when the accident occurred on the Indus Highway. — File Photo by AFP

DERA GHAZI KHAN: Eight people were killed and several were injured in a collision between two passenger coaches in Dera Ghazi Khan's Pir Adil area on Monday, DawnNews reported.

The accident occurred when one coach crashed into a trawler while trying to overtake the other coach. The second coach could not maintain its balance and crashed into the overtaking coach.

The coaches were on their way from Karachi to Peshawar when the accident occurred on the Indus Highway.

The injured were shifted to a nearby hospital and the two coaches were destroyed as a result of the accident.

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