Road Accident: Five-year-old boy killed in collision

KABAL: A five-year-old child was killed and five others were injured in a road accident in Ningoali area of Kabal tehsil on Saturday. According to the police, a speeding passenger van collided with a rickshaw, injuring all six passengers in the three-wheeler. The locals shifted them to Saidu Teaching Hospital where five-year-old Farhan succumbed to his injuries. The rickshaw driver filed a case against the accused driver of the van. “The van went out of control due to over speeding and crashed into us,” he said. An FIR has been registered and the police have launched a search operation to arrest the accused.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 18^th, 2013.