LAKKI MARWAT: Two people were killed and four others seriously wounded when two trucks collided head-on in Darra Pezu town here on Friday.

Police and witnesses said a mini truck collided with a container near a cement factory, as a result, two people identified as Ashiq of Muzaffarabad AJK and Hameedullah of Peshawar died on the spot.

Four other men onboard both the vehicles, including Mohammad Saeed of Khyber Agency, Zafrullah of Peshawar, Ajmal and Ghulam Mustafa, were seriously wounded.

The bodies and wounded men were first taken to rural health centre, Titterkhel, and then shifted to the government city hospital.

Published in Dawn, August 19th, 2017

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