PESHAWAR: Three people were killed and eight others injured when a passenger van collided with a truck near Badhber area here on Wednesday morning.

A police spokesman said the passenger van was on way to Sadda, Kurram tribal district, when it collided with a truck that was taking a turn near Badhber on the outskirts of the provincial capital.

The eight injured were shifted to the Lady Reading Hospital where condition of one of them was critical.

Two of the patients were under treatment at the orthopaedic ward, while the rest were at the neuro trauma ward.

Doctors said three of the critically injured were operated in the emergency to save them from excessive blood loss.

Published in Dawn, October 15th, 2020