KOHAT: Four die on road in Kohat

Published February 28, 2009

KOHAT, Feb 27 Three Afghans nationals including a boy were killed as a Kohat-bound pickup collided head-on with a truck on the Indus Highway, police said.

The accident was reported in Qasimkhel area of Darra Adamkhel. Asif Shah, Habibullah and the unidentified boy died in the accident. An injured Amir Mohammad was shifted to a local hospital. A man was killed and seven passengers including two women were injured in another accident on Rawalpindi road. A flying coaster coming to Kohat from Attock turned upside down near Gumbat in Kohat as a result Abdul Samad died on the spot. — Correspondent

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