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Woman killed as mini-bus hits pavement

By Our Correspondent
April 04, 2021

NOWSHERA: A woman was killed and 30 others, including women and children, sustained injuries when a mini-bus carrying the participants in a wedding procession hit a pavement near Taru Jabba on the Grand Trunk Road.

It was learnt that the road accident was caused by over-speeding.

Rescue 1122 personnel arrived at the scene and took the injured to hospitals in Pabbi and Peshawar. The deceased woman was identified as Rizwana daughter of Saif-ur-Rahman. Most of the injured were discharged from hospitals after receiving the first aid. The wedding procession was on its way from Surizai village in Peshawar to Hakimabad in Nowshera.