KHUZDAR: Three members of a family were killed in a collision between a pick-up van and a passenger coach on Quetta-Karachi highway, on Friday.

Police said a Quetta-bound passenger coach bumped into a pick-up van in the Pashkaram area of Mastung.

“All the three people travelling in the pick-up van received fatal injuries and died on the spot,” police said.

They were later identified as Ahmed Shahwani, Nisar Ahmed Shahwani, and Salal Ahmed Shahwani, all hailing from the Mastung area.

While the coach overturned after the deadly collision, all the passengers as well as driver remained safe.

Later, police reached the spot and shifted the bodies to Nawab Ghous Bakhsh Raisani memorial hospital.

Published in Dawn, September 16th, 2023

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