2 girls die in accident

Published July 27, 2003

MUZAFFARABAD, July 26: Two minor sisters were killed on Saturday after being hit by an out-of-control truck, police said.

Nighat and Sughra — five and seven years old, respectively — were hit by the truck which had lost its brakes on an steep- incline road in the Chehla Bandi locality here.

The truck loaded with cement bags hit the girls while coming in the reverse direction.

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