Tragedy: Two boys killed, one injured

a recklessly driven truck bearing registration plate of security forces turned over the children standing on the road

MANSEHRA: Two boys were killed while another was severely injured as a truck overturned on them in Khada Khawari Village on Wednesday. According to the police and eyewitnesses, the three children were standing by the road, when a recklessly driven truck bearing registration plate of security forces turned over them, killing two of them on the spot. The eyewitnesses said that there was a fault in the breaking system of the truck, as a result of which it overturned. The two children were identified as Muhammad Noman, 11, and Saad Khan, 10. The injured boy was identified as Zain, who was shifted to the Ayub Medical Complex Abbottabad. His condition is reported to be critical.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 29^th, 2011.