Five killed, 14 injured in road accident in Balochistan's Lasbela

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KHUZDAR: At least five people were killed and 14 others injured in a road accident on the Quetta-Karachi national highway near Winder area of Lasbela district on Friday.

Police said a van going from Karachi to Khuzdar collided head-on with a passenger coach coming from the opposite direction. All the people killed and injured in the accident were travelling in the van.

According to sources, the accident took place due to heavy rain in the area. Police shifted the bodies and the injured to a health centre in Winder. The seriously injured were later shifted to Karachi for treatment.

Published in Dawn, July 9th, 2022

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