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Five killed as tractor-trolley plunges into ravine in Zhob

The picture shows ambulance taking injured people to hospital. — Reporter/File
The picture shows ambulance taking injured people to hospital. — Reporter/File

QUETTA: At least five people, including three women, were killed when a tractor-trolley fell into a ravine in the Zhob district.

SHO Salahuddin said the accident occurred on Wednesday in the Kakar Khurasan area of Zhob, where a tractor-trolley belonging to nomads of Haji Bacha Aka Khel slipped off a mountainous road and plunged into a deep ravine. As a result, three women and two children died, while several others sustained injuries.

Upon receiving information, Levies personnel reached the spot and shifted the bodies and injured to DHQ Hospital Zhob. After completion of necessary legal formalities, the bodies were handed over to the heirs.