BAJAUR: A woman was killed and two people were injured when roof of a house collapsed in Sheikh Baba area of Khar tehsil here on Tuesday.

Residents and Rescue 1122 officials said the incident occurred in small hours of Tuesday when family members were sleeping in a room. The roof was weakened by recent rains.

Rescue officials said a 62-year-old woman, wife of Imran Sharif, died on the spot, while two persons, including Gul Sharif, 26, and his 27-year-old sister were wounded.

Officials said a rescue team retrieved the body and the wounded from debris and shifted the injured to the District Headquarters Hospital, Khar. Also in the day, two persons were wounded when they were hit by a boulder during excavation work in a mountain on Tuesday.

A Rescue 1122 statement said the incident occurred in Enzari area. The miners were busy in excavation of marble when a stone fell on them. A rescue team shifted both the wounded men identified as Suliman Khan, 26, and Azizullah, 19, to the District Headquarters Hospital.

Published in Dawn, August 3rd, 2022