CHAKWAL, April 16: Seven members of a family were killed in a car-coach collision on Tuesday.

The family was on its way to Mianwali from Bhangali Gujjar village of Tehsil Gujar Khan. When they arrived Dhoke Faqira on the Talagang-Mianwali Road, their car collided with a coach coming from the opposite direction.

Those who were killed in the accident were, Haji Saadat Hussain, Balquees Begum, Memoona Fida, Shoaib Ahmad, Haris Abdullah, Jawad Saadat and Amina Bibi.

The bodies were sent to the Tehsil headquarters hospital, Talagang.—PPI

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