Five die in road accidents.

BATTAGRAM/MARDAN -- Five persons were killed and 11 others injured in separate road accidents in Battagram and Mardan districts on Thursday night and on Friday.

Officials of the Banna police station told Dawn that a van going to Tandol area from Allai tehsil of Battagram skidded off the road and fell into a ravine at Jaro Bazaar area on Thursday night. As a result, three people were killed on the spot and 11 others injured.

The victims included Gul Afzal, Abdul Wahab and Bakhtiarullah.

The injured were shifted to the tehsil headquarter hospital, Banna, where after getting first aid they were referred to the district headquarters hospital, Battagram, and Ayub Medical Complex Abbottabad.

Meanwhile, two bikers died when a truck coming from the opposite side hit their motorcycle on the Ring Road near Jehazuno ground area in Mardan on Friday.

The officials of Rescue 1122 rushed to spot soon after...

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