Two FC personnel dead, five hurt in Balochistan road crash

Head-on collision between FC vehicle, truck occurred on RCD Highway near Dalbandin

Two personnel of the Frontier Corps (FC) were martyred and five others injured in a road accident in Balochistan's Chagai district on Sunday.

The FC officials were returning from security duty for pilgrims when their vehicle collided head-on with a truck on RCD Highway near Dalbandin.

The martyred soldiers were identified as Sepoy Abdul Qadir and Sepoy Abdul Aziz, and officials said their bodies were being sent back to their hometowns for burial.

All the crash victims were initially taken to FC Hospital, Dalbandin, and the injured were later moved to Quetta for treatment.

Pakistan Army soldiers among 26 dead in Shahrah-e-Kaghan bus crash

In September, at least 27 people, including 10 Pakistan Army soldiers, were killed when a speeding passenger bus rammed into a cliff at Gati Das near Babusar Top, bordering Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.

Police said the bus driver lost control while making a sharp turn due to speeding and hit a cliff, resulting in the fatal accident.

The bus was en route to Rawalpindi from Skardu with 37 passengers, and the deceased included four women and six children.