SHIKARPUR: Four killed in accidents

Published December 13, 2008

SHIKARPUR, Dec 12: Two motorcyclists were killed when their motorcycle collided with a trailer coming from the opposite direction near the shrine of Pir Zubair on Shikarpur-Sukkur road on Friday.

The deceased, Shaman Katto, and his cousin Huzoor Bux Katto, both residents of Mohabbat Katto village were on their way back to their village on motorcycle from Garhi Khuda Bux Bhutto after offering Fateha on the tombs of Benazir Bhutto and Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto when the incident occurred.

The trailer driver leaving his vehicle on the road managed to escape from the scene. Lakhi police impounded the trailer.

On Thursday, two cousins were killed in a collision between a motorcycle and a tractor in Gulsher Kanrani village in the Thul area, our Jacobabad correspondent reports.

Jabal Kanrani, 25, and Mir Khan Kanrani, 20, were on their way to their village on motorcycle, when they reached near the village a tractor coming from the opposite direction hit their bike killing both on the spot.

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