Two people died and three others were injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a passenger van in Nooriabad area on Super Highway on Thursday.
According to police, the passenger van was struck by a speeding truck coming from the opposite direction. As a result, two passengers died on the spot and three others sustained injuries.
Local people, with the help of a rescue team, shifted the deceased and injured to a nearby hospital. The truck driver and an accomplice managed to flee from the scene after the accident. Police registered a case against the driver and his accomplice after collecting evidence from passengers and eyewitnesses.