Couple dead, daughter injured in roof collapse

Author: Agencies

A couple were killed and their daughter injured when roof a their dilapidated house caved in in Rawalpindi’s Khana Pul area after having downpour lashed the city on Tuesday, rescue sources said.

The roof of the house collapsed due to heavy rain, claiming lives of a man and his wife and leaving their daughter seriously injured.

Rescue personnel pulled the bodies and the injured girl from the rubble and shifted them to a hospital.

Published in Daily Times, August 15th 2018.

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