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A police officer and a newly-wed bride along with three other people were killed in a fatal road accident on the Indus Highway on Saturday morning. Two people, including the groom Naeem Ahmed Soomro, were injured.
The car carrying the family collided with a transport truck head-on near Petaro. The SHO of GOR police station in Hyderabad, Bashir Ahmed Soomro, his wife Shaheena Soomro, daughter Seema Soomro and his daughter-in-law Shahida Naeem Soomro were among the deceased. The driver, Dildar Khokhar, also died in the accident.
The family was returning from Larkana to Karachi after the wedding ceremony which was held in Larkana. The bodies and injured were shifted to the Liaquat University Hospital, Jamshoro.
The part of Indus Highway between Jamshoro to Sehwan town has witnessed frequent accidents over the years.
The two-way highway, which moves close to the Khirthar mountain range, only has two lanes with dozens of curves. The highway is also often used as an alternate to the National Highway which connects Karachi with Punjab and other parts of the country.
The Petaro police impounded the truck but the driver and cleaner managed to escape. No FIR was registered till the filing of this report.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 26th, 2013.
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