Six die in Malakand & Sargodha in roof collapse incidents

  • September 16, 2013, 7:27 pm
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MALAKAND/SARGODHA, Sept 16 (INP): At least six persons were killed and seven others injured in separate roof collapse incidents in Malakand and Sargodha due to heavy rain late Sunday night.

According to the reports, the roof of a house located in Chappai area of Batkhela caved in as the area received heavy showers.

As a result of roof collapse a woman, her two sons and two daughters were killed while four others including the house owner Abdul Rehman and his three other sons were injured.

The relatives and local people on self help basis pulled out the bodies and injured from the rubble and shifted them to Batkhela hospital.

Meanwhile, one person was killed and three others injured in roof collapse in Fatima Jinnah colony of Sargodha. The injured were rescued and shifted to hospital.