Four of a family die after roof collapses

Author: Agencies

Four members of a family died and two others were critically injured when the roof of a house collapsed on Monday. According to details, the dilapidated roof of a mud-stone house located in Sudher area of Swabi suddenly came down, causing the immediate death of four members of a family who were sleeping and got were trapped under the debris.

Four people including wife of Sarfaraz, the owner of the house, his 12-year-old son Attaullah, two daughters Marva, 11, and two and half-year-old Mahnoor died in the incident while Sarfaraz himself and his six-year-old son Danish were critically injured.

The dwellers of the area on self-help basis pulled out the bodies and injured after removing the rubble and shifted them to local hospital.

Published in Daily Times, January 29th 2019.

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