Road accidents: One killed, six wounded

HARIPUR: A man was killed while six others were wounded in two separate road accidents on Monday. The first accident occurred near Nika Pah, some 6 km from the district headquarters. Eyewitnesses and police said that a recklessly-driven military truck coming from Mansehra ran over a Suzuki Alto on GT Road, killing Muhammad Rafique of Mohalla Saeedabad Haripur. In the second incident, Muhammad Riaz, a teacher of Abbottabad Public School was on the way to Abbottabad with his wife and two minor children when his car collided head-on with another near  Paki Dohli on GT Road. Riaz, his wife Faiza and children were seriously wounded while from the other car, Saifur Rehman and Younas were also wounded.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 16^th, 2012.