17 killed after speeding bus crashes into parked vehicle in Pakistan

The damaged vehicles on the Swat Expressway after the accident on Monday. PIC/AFP

A speeding bus collided with a motorbus parked along a roadside in Pakistan's northwest on Monday, killing at least 17 people and injuring five others, police said.

The accident took place on the Swat Expressway in Mardan district.

According to police, the parked bus had developed a generator fault, forcing it to stop along the road, when the speeding bus rammed into it from behind.

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