HYDERABAD, May 8: A couple died, while their son and a close relative were injured in a road accident near Jamshoro by-pass, on Tuesday.

According to an official of the Edhi Welfare Centre, Ghulam Rasool Mahar and his wife Abida Mahar were killed when their car rammed into a truck near Jamshoro by-pass.

Their eight-year-old son Farooque, and relative Zahoora Bibi were injured in the accident. They were shifted to the Liaquat University Hospital Jamshoro branch where Farooque’s condition was stated to be serious.

The family was returning from Unit-9 Latifabad. The deceased were resident of the Jamshoro Thermal Power House Colony.

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