The driver of a bus and a five-year-old boy were killed and 20 others were injured after their vehicle overturned on the National Highway near Rasoolabad on Friday evening. The driver, Nek Zaman (40), applied emergency brakes to avoid a collision with a stationary truck on the road.
Police said that the tie-rod of the Karachi-bound bus broke. Nek Zaman, 40 of Kohat and Anis Gul 5 of Kohat died on the spot, and 20 passengers including Khayal Bahadur, Gul Bahadur, Nawab Gul, Anwar Khan, Shoukat Pathan, Nooruddin Pathan, Kaleemullah Pathan, Bismillah Khan, Abdullah Saheb, Khayal Math, Jinnan Khan, Sawan Khan Khoso, Munir Ahmed Mehmdani, Allah Dino Bhand (Hala), Ms Saheb Khatoon, Ms Kamil Khatoon and four others sustained injuries.