PARACHINAR: Three persons were killed in a head-on collision between a car and a truck in Arawali area of lower Kurram tribal region here on Wednesday.

According to political administration officials, a car, which was on way from Parachinar, the agency headquarters of Kurram Agency, to Alizai area, collided head-on with a truck coming from the opposite direction, when it reached near Arawali area. As a result, all the three people travelling in the car were killed on the spot. They were identified as Kashif, Aftab Hussain, and Qaiser Hussain.

The Kurram Agency political administration lodged a First Investigation Report of the road accident and started further investigations.

Published in Dawn, July 20th, 2017

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