Nine bodies retrieved from landslide-trapped van on Karakoram Highway

KOHISTAN: The bodies of nine labourers were retrieved from inside a van that got buried Monday night under the rubble from a sudden landslide near Khushi point on the Karakoram Highway, authorities confirmed.

Rescue workers "have successfully recovered the bodies of nine people from inside the van", the station house officer (SHO) present at the site said.

The deceased were labourers returning from work when their vehicle was crushed by the landslide.

The Karakoram Highway was subsequently closed off for traffic.

Police further said heavy machinery had been summoned to retrieve the trapped labourers safely.