Three sisters killed by speeding vehicle in Gilgit

Three sisters were crushed to death on Thursday morning while one girl was injured by a speeding Prado on their way to school in Baseen, Gilgit. 

Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Zahoor Ahmed told a leading English daily that the Prado was also transporting schoolgirls when it ran over four schoolgirls who were walking to school on the Gilgit-Ghizer Highway.

The girls were immediately transferred to Provincial Headquarters Hospital for urgent medical treatment. 

Medical officials the media outlet that the girls were critically injured in the accident. Three of them, sisters, died in the hospital while the fourth girl, their friend, was receiving treatment and remained critical. 

All three sisters were the daughters of local resident Abdul Jail. 

While the family took the bodies for burial, local residents blocked roads in protest. Eyewitnesses said that the accident was a result of the driver's reckless speeding. 

Police have said that an investigation into the incident is underway.