KHUZDAR: A man and his wife died while their three children were injured in an accident on the Quetta-Karachi National Highway near Kalat on Friday.

According to Levies officials, Muhammad Akbar Mohammad Hasni was travelling along with his wife and children in a pick-up which overturned because of speeding. The family was going to Quetta from Khuzdar.

The five were taken to the Kalat District Hospital Kalat where the man and his wife died.

The injured children were sent to Quetta for treatment and the bodies were handed over to the family after medico-legal formalities were completed.

Published in Dawn, February 6th, 2016

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