DADU: Three motorcyclists died in two road accidents at the Sehwan-Jamshoro section of the Indus Highway, some 22 kilometres from Sehwan Sharif, on Friday.

A car moving towards Sehwan hit a motorcycle coming from the opposite side near Laky Shah Saddar town killing its two riders, Riaz Kalhoro and his nephew Sana Kalhoro.

The victims were residents of Khairpur Nathan Shah.

The car driver escaped leaving behind his vehicle.

In another accident at the same place, a mini-truck hit a motorcycle killing its rider, Gul Munir, and injuring two pillion riders, Lakhmir and Mohammed Alam. The victims were residents of Rawat Brohi village.

The injured victims were admitted to the Sehwan Taluka Hospital where a medical officer, Dr Abdul Majeed, described their condition as critical.

Published in Dawn, October 10th, 2015

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