KOHAT: A woman with her two minor daughters was killed when a dumper truck struck a rickshaw on the Hangu Bypass Road here on Sunday.

The family was going home when the dumper collided with the three-wheeler dead-on after its driver lost control over the steering.

The victims were named Naghma Bibi, 35, Roshni Bibi, 5, and Khadija Bibi, 8.

Rickshaw driver, Salman Khalid, was seriously injured. The Rescue 1122 staff shifted the dead and the injured to the KDA Teaching Hospital. The dumper driver escaped from the scene leaving behind the vehicle.

Published in Dawn, January 18th, 2021

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