15 people were killed and eight were injured in a road accident in northwest Pakistan.

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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News

ISLAMABAD, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) — At least 15 people were killed and eight others injured in a road accident in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, rescue officials said on Thursday.

The accident occurred in Malakand agency on Wednesday evening when a truck overturned while taking a sharp turn on the highway, provincial rescue service 1122 spokesman Bilal Faizi told Xinhua.

He said the dead and injured included men, women and children from a nomadic family who were travelling in a truck to Swat district.

Rescue teams arrived at the scene immediately after receiving the call and carried out the operation in conjunction with traffic police and other personnel, noted B. Faizi.

Some of the injured are in critical condition, the official said.

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