BATKHELA: Three friends riding a motorcycle died after their bike hit safety railing of Badwan Pul in the jurisdiction of levies post Batkhela late on Tuesday night.

According to levies officials and local people, two friends Suhail and Abdul Hameed were going to drop a friend, Jabran son of Neak Bahadar of Badwan, on their bike and when they reached near Badwan bridge their motorcycle hit the safety railing of the bridge.

As a result all the three friends died on the spot. Rescue 1122 personnel shifted the bodies to District Headquarter Hospital Batkhela and after postmortem the bodies were handed over to their relatives.

They were later buried in their ancestral graveyard in their native towns.

Published in Dawn, April 25th, 2024