Seven injured in Khar accident

KHAR: Seven persons were injured in a road accident at Kaga Pass in Mamond tehsil in Bajaur Agency on Saturday.

Locals said that a group of youngsters belonging to Tanri village was on the way to a picnic spot near the Pak-Afghan border when their vehicle overturned due to over-speeding.

As a result, seven persons were injured. The injured were rushed to the Agency Headquarters Hospital in Khar. Hospital sources said that one of the critically injured, Ma’az, was referred to a hospital in Timergara.

Five of the injured were identified as Shaukatullah, Subhan, Zahidullah, Inayatur Rahman and Kareem. The name of one injured couldn’t be known.