DERA ISMAIL KHAN:A driver and his assistant died when an oil tanker smashed into a roadside hill due to brake failure here on Wednesday.
According to a Rescue 1122 spokesman, the accident occurred when a Dera Ismail Khan-bound oil tanker was passing through rough terrains of Sarobai Mughal Kot at Darazinda Sub-division and hit a roadside hill after its brakes malfunctioned.
As a result, the driver who was identified as Muhammad Zahid son of Abdul Rehman of Talagang and cleaner-Ihsanullah of Bhakar died instantly.
He said that the medical team of the Rescue 1122 station-55 promptly reached the site after receiving information about the accident and retrieved the bodies and shifted both to the hospital.