Schoolgirl dies

Published April 13, 2002

ABBOTTABAD,  April 12: A nine-year old girl was killed and her brother was injured when a Rawalpindi-bound Hiace van hit them at a curve near Salhad Government School, when they were returning to their home on the Karakurram Highway.

Iqra d/o Hakim Khan died on the spot and her brother, Musawar Khan, 6, was shifted to Ayub Medical Complex Hospital in critical condition.— Correspondent

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