QUETTA: At least seven people, including five women, were killed and four others seriously injured in a road accident near the Yakmach area of Chagai district on the Quetta-Taftan National Highway on Tuesday.

Officials said that two vehicles collided head-on near Yakmach town, resulting in the deaths of seven people and leaving four others critically injured.

Police rushed to the site after receiving information about the incident, along with rescue teams, and shifted all victims to Yakmach and later to Prince Fahd Hospital in Dalbandin, where the injured are receiving medical treatment. Police said the cause of the tragic incident was speeding.

Published in Dawn, January 28th, 2026