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MARDAN: At least 16 people were killed and seven others were injured after a Swat-bound passenger coach collided with a bus parked by the roadside of the Swat Motorway in Khoro Kotay Saeed Abad area on Monday, Rescue 1122 said.
Rescue 1122 Public Relations Officer Syyed Abbas Shah confirmed the number of casualties.
The Motorway police, Rescue 1122 officials and locals of nearby areas rushed to the spot after the incident was reported and shifted the dead and injured to Mardan Medical Complex Hospital.
According to the Motorway Police, the passenger coach crashed into a bus that was parked by the roadside after developing a mechanical fault.
