DADU: Two teenage boys, students of class tenth, were killed when a truck laden with dry fodder ran over their motorcycle near a filling station on National Highway in Kotri town on Thursday.

Jawad, 15, and Afnan, 16, were hit by the fast-moving truck when they were going from Sikandarabad to Kotri, said Kotri DSP Shahnawaz Jokhio.

He said that the truck driver escaped after the accident and police impounded the damaged motorcycle and the truck.

The bodies were shifted to Kotri district headquarters hospital and were later handed over to relatives after post mortem examination.

Published in Dawn, July 5th, 2024

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