Road Accidents: Four including two children die

Three passengers, including two minors, were killed in two road accidents on the Murree Galiyat Road

ABBOTABAD:
Three passengers, including two minors, were killed while six others were injured in two road accidents on the Murree Galiyat Road here on Tuesday. In the first accident a Suzuki van on its way to Abbottabad from Nathia Gali, carrying former provincial minister Ghulam Nabi Khan’s family, skidded off the road and fell into a roadside ravine killing two children and injuring four others. The incident was reported from the jurisdiction of Bagnotar police station. Zain, 3, and Mohsin, 5, died on the spot, while their parents Sardar Asad and Gulnaz Asad along with their relatives Khuram and Abid Basheer were shifted to Ayub Medical Complex Abbottabad in a critical condition. In another accident on Murree Road, a jeep coming from Khothwal Village fell into a gorge near village Nabi Bagh, killing Gulfraz on the spot. Two passengers Zulfiqar and Fazaldad were critically injured.


Published in The Express Tribune, October 19th, 2011.
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