MURREE, Aug 30: Four persons including two women were killed and 12 others were injured when a speeding public transport van fell into deep ravine near 22 Miles on Thursday, Rescue 1122 sources confirmed.A van carrying 18 passengers was heading towards Rawalpindi from Murree.

While trying to avoid two stationary vehicles which collided with each other, the driver lost control over the vehicle and it fell into deep ravine.

Four injured were shifted to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in Islamabad. Rozeena Bibi, 40, and Iqra, a young girl, were among the dead. — Correspondent

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