MARDAN: Three persons of a family, including a five-year-old girl, were killed when a speeding loader rickshaw hit a motorcycle coming from the opposite direction in Jamal Garhi area of Katlang tehsil here on Sunday, rescue and police officials said.

The victims were identified as Yaseen, Waqas and Sapna, 5. The personnel of Rescue 1122 took the bodies to Mardan Medical Complex Hospital, where they were handed over to the family members after postmortem.

Also, a boy was killed when a tractor-trolley hit the motorcycle he was riding on Saeed Abad Road, also in Katlang. The victim was identified as Ihsanullah, 12.

Published in Dawn, December 30th, 2019

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