KARAK, Nov 9: Six members of a family, including two women and a girl, were killed after a truck hit a car on the Indus Highway on Friday. Officials said the truck had run over the car near the Gardi Banda area in the limits of the Takht-i-Nasrati police station.

The deceased were identified as Mursalin Ahmad Shah, son of Noor Badshah, Ghani Badshah, son of Khan Badshah, Mohammad Rahim, son of Watan Badshah, Baswar

Jana, wife of Rahim Badshah, Anaar Bibi, wife of Ghani Badshah, and a small girl, Sumera Bibi.

The family belonged to the Shobli Guddikhel area in Karak.

The police have registered an FIR against the truck driver, but he could not be arrested until the filing of this report.

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