DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Three people were killed and two others injured in a road accident in Gomal Kalan here on Wednesday.

According to police, a passenger van coming from South Waziristan to DI Khan collided with a tractor trolley on Dera-Tank road near Gomal Kalan here. As a result, three passengers identified as Taimur Khan Dotani, Mst Naseem Bibi and Riaz Kundi were killed on the spot, while two others, including Zahir Shah of Tank and Ahmed Suhail of Gar Darodaz, were injured.

The injured were taken to the civil hospital, DI Khan. The police have registered an FIR against driver of the tractor trolley.

Published in Dawn, January 28th, 2016

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