CHITRAL: Two persons died and three others sustained injuries in a road traffic accident on Chitral-Booni road near Kuragh on Saturday.
Rescue 1122 Upper Chitral said an official vehicle carrying five people was going to Kosht from FC headquarters Chitral when it met with the accident at Karak in south of Kuragh. The emergency service staffers shifted the injured to the Tehsil Headquarters (THQ) Hospital Booni.
Sepoy Imtiaz Farooq of Chitral Scouts belonging to Kosht, who was driving the vehicle, died on the post.
It may be recalled that three persons, including a woman, lost their lives and two others were critically injured in a road traffic accident at Ruroom near Parwak about a week ago. Most of the accidents are attributed to the dilapidated conditions of roads.