Truck driver electrocuted

Published October 11, 2001

SUKKUR, Oct 10: A truck driver Rasool Nawaz, resident of Miran Shah (NWFP), was electrocuted near Abad on Tuesday evening.

According to details, Rasool Nawaz was sitting on the roof of a Karachi-bound truck. When it reached near Abad, his head got touched with the high-tension line and electrocuted and immediately died.

DIED: A young boy Khalil Ahmed Lakho, resident of Ghotki, was crushed to death on the national highway near Qadra Cotton Factory.

According to details, truck QAB-4679 was heading for Karachi from from Peshawar.

When it reached near Qadra Factory, it hit Khalil Ahmed who was on his way to home on his bicycle. He died on the spot.

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