Eight die as jeep falls into ravine in Muzafarabad

MUZAFARABAD: At least eight people, a woman among them, were killed when the jeep in which they were traveling, plunged into a ravine in Muzafarabad, in Jammu and Kashmir, ARY News reported.

Rescue sources said the ill-fated jeep plunged into a ravine near the city. As a result, eight people were killed.

There was no immediate information about the identification of those killed in the mishap.

After being informed of the accident, rescue teams reached the spot immediately and recovered the bodies.

Separately, six people, three members of a family, were killed in a deadly collision between a passenger bus and a tractor trolley in Layyah district of Punjab, on Wednesday morning.

Police said that the bus and the tractor-trolley collided near Fatehpur area, leaving six people dead on the spot, while another injured.

The deceased included three brothers – identified as Nasir, Muhammad Yaseen and Moosa Khan. Another deceased of the incident was identified as Ghafoor Khan.

The bodies and injured were shifted to District Hospital, Layyah.