At least six persons including a woman and three children were killed as a passenger bus overturned due to speeding in Dadahara, Kabal tehsil, on Monday.
The accident also left 23 persons injured, eight of whom are said to be in critical condition.
According to police sources, the ill-fated bus went out of control while taking a sharp turn, due to which it skidded off a mountain.
Soon after the incident, police and security forces reached the spot and shifted the injured to Saidu Teaching Hospital.
The deceased have been identified as Zahid Iqbal, Hakim Khan, Qandeel, Faryal and Zainab Jehan, while one of the deceased could not be identified.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 17th, 2012.
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