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Woman from Rawalakot Killed in Murree Road CrashAzad Kashmir
A speeding car hit two women crossing Murree Road in Rawalpindi on Friday, killing one woman from Azad Kashmir and seriously injuring the other, police said.
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A speeding car hit two women as they crossed Murree Road in Rawalpindi on Friday, killing one of them on the spot and seriously injuring the other, police said.
Police identified the woman who died as Sana Saleem, who belonged to Azad Kashmir. The injured woman was taken to Benazir Bhutto Hospital in critical condition, according to police, and remained under treatment there. The body of the woman who died was also shifted to hospital.
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The accident took place on Murree Road, one of Rawalpindi’s busiest roads, when the two women were crossing the road. A speeding car coming from the Saddar side struck them, police said. The driver fled the scene with the vehicle after the accident, and police have launched a search to trace him. According to the local report, the number plate of the vehicle was not known, which has made it harder for police to identify the driver.
According to the Azad Kashmir news outlet Kashmir Digital, both women were from Rawalakot — Sana Saleem from Chhota Gala and the other woman from Kharak — and worked at a medical billing company in Rawalpindi’s Rahmanabad area, in a building that also houses a NADRA office. They were crossing the road after finishing work when the car hit them, the outlet reported. It said the car fled towards Faizabad after the collision.
Local reports said the family of the victims has approached New Town police station seeking legal action against the driver. Police said a search was under way to trace the vehicle and the driver.
A large number of people from Azad Kashmir, including Rawalakot, live and work in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, and travel between the twin cities and their home districts. Murree Road is one of the main routes through Rawalpindi, carrying heavy traffic throughout the day, and accidents involving pedestrians crossing the road are reported regularly.
In a separate accident in Lahore, a woman was killed on Multan Road after being hit by a speeding truck, ARY News reported. Police took the truck into custody and arrested its driver, Babar, registering a case against him.
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