Friday, 30 November 2012

Woman, son die of suffocation in Hangu

HANGU: A woman and her minor son died of suffocation while 12 others, including eight minors, fell unconscious due to accumulation of gas in a room in Mohammad Khwaja village Thursday, police sources said on Friday.

The sources said one Haji Ihsan Khan burnt coal in his room to beat the chill and went to his hujra to attend his guests.After enjoying warmth of the coal fire the family members slept. The coal gas accumulated in the room which caused the death of the wife of Shahidur Rahman and his seven-year old son Saqib while Abdullah, Mohammad Nasir, Eid Bibi, Asim, Shaila, Hamid, Ayesha, Shahidur Rahman, Ziaur Rahman, Mudassir, Razia and Roza Bibi fell unconscious.The police said the door and windows were broken to pull out the victims, who were taken to the District Headquarters Hospital in Hangu.

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