5 tourists died and 26 injured after a tourist van plunges into deep gorge in Galyat.

NATHIAGALI -- At least five tourists died and 26 others were injured when a coaster plunged into a deep gorge after a collision with a bus at Khaira Gali. Rescue 1122 Abbottabad and Murree during a joint operation recovered the dead bodies and injured.

According to the Rescue 1122 sources, 7 injured declared critical at Civil Hospital Murree were referred and shifted to Rawalpindi for treatment. The tourist coaster was heading towards Rawalpindi from Nathiagali when it collided with a bus resulting in the coaster's fall into a deep gorge where five tourists died on the spot and 26 others including children and women sustained injuries.

Abbottabad control room after receiving the accident...

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