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17 killed, 25 injured as a van hits a trailer in NW Pakistan
At least 17 people were killed and 25 others were injured in a head-on collision between a passenger van and a trailer in Pakistan's northwest district of Karak on Saturday, local media reported.

Local Urdu TV channel Dunya said that a passenger van with an estimated 40 people on board hit a 14-wheeler trailer on the main highway in Ispina area of Karak, a main district located the country's northwest province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Police said that the accident happened due to over speeding of the passenger van that was on its way from the country's northwest city of Peshawar to southern port city of Karachi.

The injured have been shifted to nearby hospital where at least three of them were in critical condition. Earlier on Friday night, eight people were killed and several others were injured when a van fell into a ravine in Sehwan Sharif area of the country's southern Sindh province.

Pakistan is among the countries having the worst record of fatal traffic accidents, mainly due to poor roads, lack of driving skills, badly maintained vehicles and violation of road safety rules.

Traffic police officials said that 90 percent of the accidents in the country take place due to human error.