— File Photo by AFP

QUETTA: At least eight people were killed and several others sustained injuries in a road accident that took place near Balochistan’s Kuchlak area on Wednesday, DawnNews reported.

The accident occurred when a speedy truck and a car collided head-on. As a result, four people were killed on spot and several others were injured. The accident destroyed the car completely.

Later, police and rescue workers reached the site of the accident and shifted the bodies and injured to the district hospital, where four others died during treatment.

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