PESHAWAR: A landslide that took place during a thunder and lightning storm buried over 20 trucks on the main road through northwest Pakistan’s Khyber Pass Tuesday, killing at least two persons with dozens more feared trapped under the rubble, said the officials.
“Around 20-25 containers have been buried in the wreckage,” Abdul Nasir Khan, deputy commissioner Khyber district told Reuters. “The wreckage is quite extensive and the rescue operation is continuing with heavy machinery.”
He further said that two Afghan citizens had been killed in the incident, and the authorities were trying to recover their bodies. Three other people had been shifted to hospital and the number of casualties could swell, he said further.
The incident took place in the early hours of Tuesday on the main road connecting Pakistan with land-locked Afghanistan. Photos shared by the officials showed truck containers mostly buried in huge piles of rocks.
