The targets of a suspected US missile strike in North Waziristan appeared to have survived Sunday by quickly abandoning their vehicle after an unmanned aircraft missed its first shot, The Washington Post reported quoting local officials said. It was one of the few reports of anyone surviving one of the escalating barrage of missiles fired by remotely piloted aircraft, which have become a key weapon in the wider US-led war against militants. Local Pakistani television initially reported four people were killed in the latest American attack in North Waziristan. However, two intelligence officials who investigated said that no bodies were found and all their sources indicated the occupants of the car survived the attack near Hassan Khel village around 30 kilometres east of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan tribal district.. They said an American drone fired one of its missiles but missed the speeding vehicle, and its occupants quickly bailed out before the second missile hit and destroyed it. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak on the record. Earlier, a local security official in Miranshah said: US drone fired two missiles, the vehicle is still on fire, we have reports that four militants were killed in this attack.