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Truck crash kills 10 in NWFP
The open-back truck, used for public transport in mountainous Abbottabad district, was carrying 14 people including the driver.
Updated on: Mar 16, 2008, 16:55:34 IST
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Ten people were killed and four missing after a passenger truck fell into a deep ravine early on Sunday in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province, media reported.
The open-back truck, used for public transport in mountainous Abbottabad district, was carrying 14 people including the driver when it fell nearly 1,000 metres into a canyon, a private news channel reported.
Authorities had retrieved 10 bodies from the site. Roads in the mountainous region are in poor condition.
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