Three FC men among seven killed in road accidents in Mastung

Published February 18, 2016
The FC vehicle shifting the injured overturned itself, killing three FC personnel. —Online/File
The FC vehicle shifting the injured overturned itself, killing three FC personnel. —Online/File

QUETTA: At least seven people including three Frontier Corps personnel were killed in two road accidents in Mastung district of Balochistan on Thursday.

Levies official told DawnNews that a passenger coach travelling from Karachi to Quetta turned turtle in Khad Kucha area of Mastung district, killing four passengers and injuring 30 others.

The accident happened when the driver tried to save a child who suddenly came before the bus, Levies officials said.

Three FC men killed

Three Frontier Corps personnel were killed when the vehicle shifting the injured of the bus accident to nearby Mastung hospital also overturned.

The spokesman for Frontier Corps, Khan Wasey, said three soldiers were dead whereas the civilian driver was also injured in the accident.

All the injured were then rushed to Mastung hospital for medical treatment from where they were shifted to Civil Hospital Quetta. Emergency was imposed in the hospital to treat the injured.

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