Head-On Collision: Two killed, five injured

NOWSHERA: Two minors of the same family died and five others, including women were injured in a head-on collision between an oil tanker and Suzuki van at Pabbi College bus stop on Monday. The injured were rushed to Lady Reading Hospital.  An injured Ishaq, resident of Pir Payee, Mohallah Sadrikhel told police that they were traveling to Peshawar in a Suzuki van bearing registration number (1860/LHS) when near Pabbi College bus stop, an oil tanker bearing registration number (TUA/190) coming from opposite side hit the van while taking a u-turn. As a result, his four-year son Owais and another five-year-old child, Sudais died on the spot. Police has taken both vehicles into possession and arrested the driver of the oil tanker.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 17^th, 2011.