Three killed in road accident

Published January 6, 2002

KHAAR, Jan 5: Three people were killed and seven wounded when a pic-kup truck fell into a deep ravine in Mena Mamoond here on Friday.

The eye witnesses said that the incident occurred some 20km from the agency headquarters of Bajaur when the pick-up truck went out of driver’s control while negotiating a turn and fell into a ravine. Ten people were wounded in the accident, three of them later died at the hospital.

The wounded are being treated at the agency headquarters’ hospital.

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