BELA: Four persons, including a woman and two children, were killed and three others injured in a collision between a car and a coach near Jao Cross area of Bela in district Lasbella of Balochistan province on Thursday.

According to Hasil Khan Qambrani, Station House Officer (SHO), Police Station, Bela, a Karachi-bound coach coming from Quetta collided with a car coming from Karachi near Jao Cross area of Bela in district Lasbella, resultantly, four persons, including a woman and two children, were killed while three others sustained injuries. The bodies and injured were rushed to Civil Hospital, Bela for completion of codal formalities and treatment, respectively. The victims belonged to district Pishin of Balochistan province.

The bodies were handed over to the heirs after fulfilling necessary medico-legal formalities while the injured were being provided with medical facilities at Civil Hospital, Bela. Hasil Khan Qambrani, SHO, Police Station, Bela said that driver of the passenger bus fled after the accident. However, names of the deceased and injured could not be ascertained till filing this report.