SHANGLA: Two people, including a journalist, were killed and six others were injured in two road accident s in Alpuri and Bisham on Saturd ay, the police said.

Alpuri police station SHO Rohul Amin told Dawn that a jeep coming from Swat struck three pedestrians, including a journalist, Khalid Khan, and then skidded off the road after hitting a car. As a result, five people, including the driver, were injured.

The injured people were taken to the District Headquarters Hospital, Alpuri, where doctors referred some of them to a hospital in Swat.

However, the journalist succumbed to his injuries.

SHO Amin said the jeep driver, Munir Ahmad, who hailed from Gilgit, told the police the accident occurred after the vehicle`s brakes failed.

In another incident, a truck fell into a stream near Khan Khwar hydropower project`s power house in Bisham on Saturday, killing the driver and injuring two others, Rescue 1122 spokesman Rasool Khan Sharif said.

He said the body and the injured were shifted to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital.

The deceased and injured were residents of Attock.

BAN: The assistant commissioner, Mohammad Hamid Siddiqui, on Saturday imposed a ban on driving of motorcycles in the narrows streets of Chakesar village of the district.

The reason cited for the ban was that driving motorcycles in the narrow streets caused troubles to pedestrians and often resulted in road accidents.

He directed the police to arrest the motorcyclists and seize their two-wheelers if they were found violating the ban.