JACOBABAD, March 26: Five persons were killed and 16 others injured in an accident on Indus Highway near Kandhkot on Saturday. Reports said a pick-up was going from Bakhshapur to Kandhkot when it collided with a truck as a result five persons were killed on the spot. They were identified as Abdul Wahid Bakhrani, Baqar Ali Bakhrani, Sanwal Bakhrani, Mehar Din Bakhrani and Abdul Fatah Bajkani. The injured were admitted to Kandkot Hospital where the condition of two is reported critical.

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