Fatal Accident: Five killed, four injured in Chitral

CHITRAL: At least five people were killed and four others were injured when a jeep plunged into a deep ravine in Zang Lasht, Chitral on Tuesday.

According to an official of the Chitral police, a passenger jeep, en route to Reij, fell in a gorge in the mountainous region of Mastuj. Two people were killed on the spot and six were injured. The residents took the bodies and the wounded to DHQ where three more succumbed to their injuries. The official said the mishap occurred due to the negligence of the driver who was also critically injured in the accident.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 21^st, 2013.