Reckless Driving: Five killed in Mardan road crash
Five people were killed in Mardan when a passenger vehicle rammed into a car in the Takhtbhai district.
MARDAN:
Five people were killed in Mardan when a passenger vehicle rammed into a car in the Takhtbhai district on Saturday, said the police. A police official from the locality told The Express Tribune that the initial investigation showed that the cause of the accident was speeding. Two women and a child were amongst those killed, he said. The accident took place in the locality of Gujargarhi. The speed of the vehicles could be guessed by the damage that both vehicles sustained, the police official said. “The driver of the car died on the spot and both the vehicles were damaged beyond repair,” he added.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 19th, 2012.
Five people were killed in Mardan when a passenger vehicle rammed into a car in the Takhtbhai district on Saturday, said the police. A police official from the locality told The Express Tribune that the initial investigation showed that the cause of the accident was speeding. Two women and a child were amongst those killed, he said. The accident took place in the locality of Gujargarhi. The speed of the vehicles could be guessed by the damage that both vehicles sustained, the police official said. “The driver of the car died on the spot and both the vehicles were damaged beyond repair,” he added.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 19th, 2012.