MIRPURKHAS, June 2: Two people were killed and four others were injured in two road accidents here on Thursday. Thirteen-year-old labourer Ramesh Kumar was killed when a mango-laden truck overturned on the Lashkar Shah Road. Mohammad Ashraf, Wasomal and Abdul Rauf were injured in the accident who were taken to the civil hospital.

A journalist, Bashir Ahmad Qaimkhani of Naukot, died after his motorcycle was hit by a coach near Sain Abbas Ali Shah Phatak. His friend, Zahoor Ahmad Rajput, was injured and taken to the Kot Ghulam Mohammad rural health centre. —Correspondent

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