4 killed, 19 injured in road accident in east Pakistan

Four people were killed and 19 others injured in a road accident in east Pakistan's Punjab province on Tuesday, the police said, Kazinform Agency cites Xinhua. 

The incident took place in Dera Ghazi Khan district where a passenger van skidded off a highway when taking a sharp turn to avoid crashing into a rickshaw which suddenly appeared on the road, according to the police.

The injured have been shifted to a nearby hospital and several of them were said to be in critical condition.

The accident disrupted road traffic until the rescue teams removed the van from the road.

Earlier it was reported that two had been killed after a vehicle rollover in Zhetysu region, Kazakhstan.