SHANGLA/Lakki Marwat: At least five people were killed and seven others injured in two road accidents in Shangla and Lakki Marwat on Sunday.

In Shangla, three persons of the same family, including a woman, were killed and three others sustained injuries after a jeep fell into a ravine at Maira area of Bisham tehsil.

Rescue 1122 spokesperson Rasool Khan told mediapersons on Sunday that the jeep was on its way to Islamabad from Goharabad, Diamer, when it met the accident at the Maira area.

He said that their team reached the spot and retrieved the injured and bodies and shifted them to the Thakot rural health centre. The injured were later referred to the DHQ hospital, Battagram.

He said Sagheer of Goharabad, Diamer district of GB, was among the deceased.

The rescue official said the injured were taken to the DHQ hospital, Battagram, for treatment.

In Lakki Marwat, two people were killed and four women injured in a head on collision between a car and a tractor trolley near Ghaznikhel on the Indus Highway on Sunday.

A rescue official identified the deceased as Asmatullah and Mursalin. The bodies and wounded women were taken to the DHQ hospital.

Published in Dawn, December 20th, 2021