MINGORA: Two women and a child of a family were killed and another was injured when the roof of their house caved in at Baidara village in Matta tehsil here on Friday.

According to Matta police, roof of the house collapsed early in the morning, burying three women and a child.

Soon after the incident, locals rushed to the spot and started rescue work to recover the buried family members. After hectic efforts, they retrieved three bodies and an injured woman from the debris. The dead and the injured were shifted to Matta civil hospital.

Locals said that the house was in dilapidated condition as it had been weakened by recent rains. Correspondent