At least three persons were killed and several others injured when a passenger bus hit a hotel by roadside here on Monday.
According to police, a Mansehra bound passenger bus owned by private transport company named Asif Gujjar Express coming from Karachi went out of control and rammed into a hotel building on roadside at Mansehra bypass.
Three passengers who jumped out of the bus to save lives were crushed under the vehicle while several others sustained injuries.
The police, rescue teams and local people reached the scene of accident and shifted the injured and dead bodies to District Headquarters Hospital (DHQ) Mansehra.
Police said that the passenger bus was to travel through Karakurram Highway to reach Mansehra bus terminal but the driver had to use alternate route due to protest at KKH against power outages and it met with tragic accident soon it entered the bypass.