QUETTA, Dec 12: Four persons were killed on Thursday evening in a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a car near Killi Samli some 25 km from here.

According to hospital sources all the four persons travelling in the car including driver died on the spot.

Police said that the passen-ger bus was on its way to Ziarat when it reached near Killi Samli a car coming from Chaman collided with it with big explosion resulting in killing of all the four persons on the spot.

The driver of the passenger bus escaped from the scene after the accident.

Three out of four deceased were identified as Salahuddin (driver), Shahjahan and Faiz Mohammad. The fourth victim of the accident could not be identified.

Kuchlak police has registered a case against the bus driver. However, he could not be arrested so far.