Three die as tractor hits two bikes

Published November 26, 2024 Updated November 26, 2024 07:04am

BADIN: Three young men were killed and two were injured when a speeding tractor with a trolley in the tow hit two motorcycles on Talhar road in Saeedpur on Monday.

Eyewitnesses said that the tractor, which was towing a trolley, was going at a high speed when the driver lost control over the steering and rammed into the two motorcycles.

They said that all the riders of the bikes belonged to Rustamani community based in nearby Khadhro town.

The deceased were identified as Irfan Ali Rustamani, Zain Rusta­mani and Asdullah Rustamani but the names of the injured could

not be ascertained immediately.

Police shifted the dead bodies and the injured to Talhar Basic Health Unit and impounded the tractor-trolley.

Published in Dawn, November 26th, 2024

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