Nine people died in road accident

As many as nine people died as a coach skidded off the road and fell in a gorge near Dir Bala on Thursday. The passenger coach was bound for Chitral from Peshawar and carrying around 27 people including women and children. The driver lost control over the coach at Valenzai, Dir Bala and the vehicle fell in the abyss. Resultantly, nine people died on the spot, while 13 others injured including two women and two kids. The injured have been shifted to Peshawar hospital.