The two were killed on the spot while police impounded the truck and arrested its driver. PHOTO: FILE
Two teenagers were killed on Friday when their motorcycle crashed into a speeding truck in the limits of Chauta Lahor police station.
A police official said 18-year-old Muhammad Tayab and 14-year-old Irfan were returning to their village when they collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction. The two were killed on the spot while police impounded the truck and arrested its driver.
Meanwhile, the bomb disposal squad (BDS) defused a bomb planted at a roadside in Maneri graveyard area.
Swabi police SHO Izhar Shah said locals informed them about a suspicious bag lying at a roadside in Maneri graveyard for a long time. The police rushed to the site and called BDS officials. Shah said upon inspection, they found one kilogramme of explosives planted by unidentified militants in the area.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 8th, 2013.
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