24 die in two Pakistani accidents

At least 24 people died when a 4x4 packed with passengers drove off a mountain road and a crowded pick-up truck rammed into another vehicle in north-western Pakistan today, police said.

Thirteen people died and one was injured in the 4x4 crash near Balakot, a scenic town about 180 miles north-east of Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province, local police official Khan Afsar said.