Peshawar, May 1 (PTI) Eight members of a family including five children were killed when their vehicle plunged into a ravine in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Thursday, officials said.

The accident occurred on the Karakoram Highway near Matta Banda in the Lower Kohistan district, according to a spokesperson for the emergency service Rescue 1122.

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The Rescue 1122 spokesperson said the vehicle was travelling from Rawalpindi to Gilgit, and the deceased belonged to the same family from Rawalpindi.

Two women, five children, and a man were killed in the accident.

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Officials said rescue teams, along with locals, were engaged in retrieving the bodies.

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