BADIN, Jan 31: Two persons were killed and 46 others, including 20 women, were injured when a coach carrying a marriage party turned turtle near Dumbalo in the Matli taluka, about 75 kilometres off here, on Monday.

Rustam Panhwar, 40, and Asif Ali Rind, 12, were killed in the accident. The injured, including Hafizullah Rind, Sikandar Ali Rind, Mashooq Ali Rind, Karim Dino Rind, Laiq Chandio, Fatima, Karima, Khanzadi, Sahibzadi, Ghulam Qadir and Safia, were taken to the Tando Ghulam Ali Health Centre and arrangements were being made to shift the critically injured ones to Hyderabad.

The coach was carrying the marriage party of the Rind community from the Hamzo Rind village to the Maula Bux Rind village. It is said that the coach overturned when its tie-rod broke. The driver escaped after the incident.

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