ISLAMABAD, Feb. 26 (Xinhuanet)-- At least 15 people were killed after their coach was swept off by a landslide triggered by heavy rain in Pakistan's North West frontier province on Sunday, a senior police officer said.

    The coach was going from the quake-devastated city of Balakot in North West frontier province to Mansehra, a major town in the region, when hit by the landslide at Kharian locality, some 140 kilometers northeast of Islamabad, District Police Officer Yameen Khan said.

    The coach fell down in a river and local people joined the police to pull out bodies from the river.

    A total of 19 people were traveling in the vehicle. Four others were injured in the accident.

    Many parts of the Oct. 8 quake-hit zone had been receiving heavy rains for the last two days, causing landslide in the hilly areas.

    The earthquake has also badly damaged roads and several are still covered by earth and rock from earlier landslides.

    Bulldozers are still working to clear roads in different parts of the quake-zone.

    Sunday's accident illustrated the continued threat to earthquake survivors, more than two million of whom have been living in tents or in simple shelters since the Oct. 8 disaster, that killed more than 75,000 people. Enditem