TAXILA: Two persons were killed while another was injured in different incidents in various parts of Attock on Sunday.

A man was killed while his friend was critically injured when their motorcycle hit a tractor-trolley on Kohat Road in the jurisdiction of Fatehjang police. Police said 24-year-old Hammad Shabbir, who was driving the motorcycle, died on the spot while Saddam Hussain, 23, was shifted to a hospital in Rawalpindi due to his critical condition.

Another young man died after being hit by a train near Faqeerabad in the jurisdiction of Attock Saddar police.

According to eyewitnesses, he was walking on the railway track with his headphones connected to his mobile phone when the train hit him.

Respective police registered two separate cases and started further investigation.

Published in Dawn, November 2nd, 2020

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