Girl dies after getting dragged into thresher

The incident happened when shawl of the girl got stuck in the machine’s belt


Our Correspondent April 28, 2017
The incident happened when shawl of the girl got stuck in the machine’s belt. PHOTO: FILE

RAWALPINDI: A teenaged girl died on Thursday when her shawl got entangled in wheat thresher in Rawalpindi.

Muhammad Zameer, the father of the 15-year-old girl, told police that he along with his family members were threshing wheat in the fields in Kehkora village of Bewal when all of a sudden the shawl of his daughter got stuck in the machine’s belt.

The girl could not free herself in time and was dragged down by the thresher, killing her on the spot. Police are investigating the case.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 28th, 2017.

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