Four die in Karak road mishap.KARAK, Aug. 13 -- Four people died while three others injured in a road mishap here Thursday.The accident took place at Shaheedan Mor on Indus highway In 1988, the Government of Pakistan announced the construction of the Indus Highway (N55) of total length 1,250 km (777 miles), designated to provide a shorter alternative to the existing N-5 National Highway of 1,650 km (1,025 miles) linking Karachi with Peshawar via Lahore. in the jurisdiction of Karak police station between a Carry van and a Shahzor truck coming from the opposite direction. The van was bound for Karak from Kohat while the Shahzor truck carrying cattle coming from the opposite direction collided head-on with each other at Shaheedan Mor resultantly four persons died on the spot while three others suffered serious injuries. The local people and the passengers of other vehicles started rescue operations and pulled out the bodies of the dead and the injured from the wreckage of the truck and van. The four dead and the two injured were shifted to DHQ DHQ Mean Diurnal High Water Inequality DHQ Digital Humanities Quarterly DHQ District Headquarters (Pakistan) DHQ Divisional Headquarters (Salvation Army) DHQ Division Headquarters Hospital Karak while one of the injured was shifted to Kohat for treatment. Published by HT Syndication with permission from The Statesman. For any query with respect to this article or any other content requirement, please contact Editor at htsyndication@hindustantimes.com Copyright HT Media Ltd HT Media Ltd Founded in 1924 when its flagship newspaper Hindustan Times was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi, HT Media (BSE, NSE) has today become one of India's largest media companies. With a combined daily circulation of 2.25 million copies and a readership base of 14. . Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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