BUNER: Seven people were killed while three others were injured when a pas
senger van plu
nged into a ravine in Jabo, Buner district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday.
According to police, the ve
hicle was bound for Swari from Chagharzi, the financial hub of Buner district. A police o
fficial said the deceased included three people of a family. The bodies and injured persons were shifted to District Headquarters Hospital, Dagar.
An o
fficial
of the district administration said the accident took place after a child sitting in the front seat
of the ve
hicle pulled down the handbrake while the van was parked on a slope. The driver
of the van had pulled up the handbrake and had stepped out
of the vehicle. The child pulled the handbrake down, causing the ve
hicle to slide back and eventually fall in the ravine.
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