KHAIRPUR: Five people were killed and 20 others injured in a road mishap near Ranipur on Tuesday.
According to a report, a coach going to Karachi from Peshawar went out of driver’s control due to high speed on the National Highway near Gadeji within the jurisdiction of Ranipur police station, killing five passengers Mahnoor, Noor Jahan, Sayed Afshan Shah, Alahyar aged 3 on the spot and injuring 20 others including women and children.
The bodies and the injured were shifted to Ranipur and Gambat hospitals for medico-legal formalities and treatment. A mourning atmosphere prevailed in the houses of the victims.