LAKKI MARWAT: Four people, including three Afghan nationals, were killed in a collision between a car and a dumper truck near Ghaznikhel here on Sunday evening.

Witnesses and police said the head-on collision took place on the Bannu-DI Khan section of Indus highway. They said the ill-fated car was going to Bannu from Wana.

Three people onboard the car died on the spot and driver succumbed to injuries on way to the district headquarters hospital, Tajazai.

They were identified as Shah Baray and his sons, Naeem Khan and Noor Khan, the Afghan nationals, and driver Noor, resident of Bakakhel Bannu.

Published in Dawn, June 24th, 2019

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