NAWABSHAH, Sept 20: Four people died while 25 others were injured on Friday in two separate traffic accidents on the National Highway near Qazi Ahmed town.

A fast-moving coach going to Bannu from Karachi overturned near the Nawabshah bypass, resulting in the deaths of Syed Hasan Shah, Razia Bibi and Ahmed Khan.

The injured included the coach driver Hayatullah, Habibullah, Imdadullah, Naimatullah, Ismail, Ayub, Alam Khan and Pir Ghulam.

In a separate incident, 12-year-old Abdul Razzaq died when two auto-rickshaws collided with each other near Sugar Mills Chowk on the National Highway.

Those injured in the incident included Nadeem, Saleem, Nazeer, Zaheer and Pervaiz.—BoC

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