ATTOCK, July 10: Two persons were killed and eight others injured in separate incidents in different areas of the district.

According to police, Tariq Mehmood, 55, was on his way to Khour village when his motorcycle collided with an oil tanker near Kharibwal village.

As a result he died on the spot.

A resident of Mohallah Dhoke Fateh, Attock city drowned while taking bath in Indus river on Monday evening. Moreover, eight persons were seriously injured in a road accident near Chora Sharfi village on Pindi-Kohat road.—Correspondent

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