ABBOTTABAD: Three persons, including a man and his wife, were killed when a car fell into a ravine near Ghea area on the Abbottabad-Nathiagali Road here on Monday.

According to an eyewitness, the driver parked the car on the roadside and came out of it to check some fault when the vehicle started moving down the road and fell into a ditch.

As a result, a man and two women in the car were killed. They were identified as Ghulam Murtaza, his wife Zakheera Bibi and Zubeda Bibi.

Later, Rescue 1122 personnel with the help of locals recovered the bodies from the ditch and handed them over to their relatives.

Published in Dawn, May 8th, 2018

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