QUETTA: At least six labourers were killed and three others sustained injures in a road accident on RCD Highway near Ornach area of Khuzdar district on Saturday morning.
According to the Balochistan Levies officials, a truck loaded with straw, while on its way from Wadh to Karachi, hit a parked tanker at Rostumabad locality of Ornach. As a result six people were killed on the spot and three others sustained injures.
The Rescue 1122 and Balochistan Levies personnel rushed to the spot soon after the incident and cordoned off the area. Deceased and injured were shifted to Lasbela for treatment where serious injured were referred to Karachi for batter treatment.
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According to the hospital sources the deceased were identified as Imam Din, Ali Nawaz, Miro, Berao and Shaho. All of them belong to Tando Adam, Sindh.
The Balohcitan Levies officials said the cause of the accident was brake failure of the truck. The Balochistan Levies is investigating the matter.
On November 29, 2021, at least three people were killed and nine others wounded in a road accident near Landhi Bacha Jail in Karachi.
Rescue sources had said the coaster van was carrying employees of a private van that turned turtle after colliding with a passenger bus. The deceased and injured had been shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) for post-mortem and treatment respectively, they had said.
The sources had said the identification process of the victims was underway.
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