Accidents: Two killed, 11 injured in road mishaps

BATKHELA: Two people were killed while 11 were injured in two separate traffic accidents in Malakand on Wednesday. Sonia Bibi and her daughter Muntazira were killed while Hamid Ali and Sonia’s mother, Bacha Bibi, were severely injured when their vehicle was rear-ended by a truck in Pirano Kallay area, said levies official Parvaiz Shakeel. He said Sonia and Muntazira died on the spot while Bacha Bibi and Hamid Ali were rushed to a hospital in Batkhela. The deceased were later taken to a graveyard in Shergarh for burial. In a separate accident, a passenger van collided with a car in Manyar, leaving nine passengers injured. An official of Ghaligay police, Habibullah said the van was en route to Swat when it hit a car, injuring three people in the vehicle and six in the van. The injured were rushed to Saidu Sharif Hospital where all nine persons are said to be in stable condition. The van driver, Fazlur Rahman, was arrested and his vehicle was impounded.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 28^th, 2013.