Mishap: Three of a family die as roof collapses
The deceased were buried in their ancestral graveyard.
NOWSHERA:
Three of a family died and two others were critically injured as the roof of a dilapidated room collapsed in Pabbi in Nowshera district on Thursday. Police said Mian Tahir, a Wapda employee, was sleeping with his family in his home when the roof caved in when a sleeper broke. Mian Tahir, his wife and his four-year-old child died on the spot, his mother and brother-in-law were critically wounded, and admitted to a hospital for treatment. The deceased were buried in their ancestral graveyard.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 17th, 2011.
Three of a family died and two others were critically injured as the roof of a dilapidated room collapsed in Pabbi in Nowshera district on Thursday. Police said Mian Tahir, a Wapda employee, was sleeping with his family in his home when the roof caved in when a sleeper broke. Mian Tahir, his wife and his four-year-old child died on the spot, his mother and brother-in-law were critically wounded, and admitted to a hospital for treatment. The deceased were buried in their ancestral graveyard.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 17th, 2011.