KHUZDAR: A man was killed in a traffic accident on the National Highway in Kalat on Thursday.

Police said a Pishin-bound bus coming from Karachi hit one Mohammad Akhtar. The man was killed on the spot. The body was taken to hospital and handed over to heirs after medico-legal formalities.

The bus driver, whose name could not be ascertained, was taken into custody and police registered a case against him.

Published in Dawn, December 12th, 2014

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