Four killed in accident

Published November 26, 2003

HARIPUR, Nov 25: Four people were killed and 17 injured, six of them seriously, when a Mansehra-bound passenger bus crashed into a roadside building due to overspeeding here on Tuesday.

The police stated that a passenger bus (4041-J) was coming from Lahore and when it reached Panian bridge on the G.T. Road, some 4km from here, it hit a wall of shops situated along the road.

Six of the seriously injured passengers were referred to the Ayub Medical Complex, Abbottabad, while 11 were discharged after first aid.

Those killed were identified as Mohammed Siddiq, Mohammed Jameel, Ansar But and the driver Shafiqur Rehman.

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