Road mishaps claim eight lives

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Road mishaps claim eight lives

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At least 8 people have been killed in two separate road accidents near Kalar Kahar and Dir Bala.

04 November,2012 01:11 pm

According to details, six people were killed and 40 others injured when a passenger bus over turned near Chakwal district of Punjab in wee hours on Sunday.Rescue and Motorway police officials said that the incident occurred near Lillah on interchange on motorway M-2 when a bus carrying members of “Tablighi Jamaat” over turned due to reckless driving.The ill-fated bus was on way to Raiwind from Nowshera, they said and added that the bodies had been shifted to the Chakwal District Headquarter Hospital.In other accident, two people were killed while three injured when a Chitral-Mohamand Agency-bound car fell into a ravine near Dir Bala.