Five, including 3 children, lose lives in separate incidents

Two children die on the spot, while the third succumbs to injuries on his way to hospital

QUETTA: At least five people, including three children, lost their lives in separate accidents in Ziarat, Bakhtyarabad and Dera Murad Jamali on Sunday.

In Ziarat, a road accident was reported in the Yaro area where a vehicle carrying wedding guests collided with a truck, leaving three children dead and nine injured.



Levies force rushed to the spot and shifted the injured and the bodies to a nearby district headquarter hospital for medical-legal formalities.

The deceased were identified as Haroon and Bacha Khan and Sanaullah. The third victim succumbed to his injuries while being shifted to the hospital.

Separately, a man was killed and two others sustained injuries in a road accident in the Bakhtyarabad area of Sibi. The injured and body were shifted to a nearby hospital.

In another incident, a 12-year-old boy drowned while swimming in Dera Murad Jamali. Rescue workers retrieved the body from the water and handed it over to the heirs.