SUKKUR, July 15: Three persons were killed and two others were injured when a Jacobabad-bound passenger wagon collided with a truck on the Indus highway near Abdal Shakh in the jurisdiction of the Kot Sultan police station, Shikarpur district, on Monday.

Afghan, resident of Shikarpur, Murid Ahmad, resident of Muzaffergharh, and one unidentified passenger were killed while Jani and Mohammad Hasil Panhwer were injured. The injured were admitted to the Shikarpur Civil Hospital.

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