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14 killed in rain related incidents in northwest Pak

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Press Trust of India Peshawar
Last Updated : Jul 27 2016 | 8:48 PM IST
At least 14 people, including five children, were killed and several others injured today in rain related incidents and road accident in northwest Pakistan.
A spokesman for the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Disaster Management Authority said three children were killed when roof of their house collapsed in Abbottabad district.
Separately, two children drowned due to flood in the River Panjkora near Warai area in Upper Dir district.
The body of one child was recovered while search was going on to recover another.
Similarly, bodies of a man and a woman were recovered from Shakhel Khwar in District Batagram.
At least seven persons were killed in a road accident in Upper Dir district after a passenger vehicle plunged into deep ravine. The rescue teams and police rushed to the accident site and retrieved the bodies and injured persons.
The ill-fated vehicle was going from Shireen Ghar to Lamotai area, when it plunged into deep ravine.

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First Published: Jul 27 2016 | 8:48 PM IST

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