QUETTA: Six people, among them five children of the same family, lost their lives and eight other family members received injuries when the pickup they were travelling in, collided with a stationary long-bodied truck late on Monday night near Yakmach in Chagai district.

Levies officials said that the family was heading for Dalbandin when their pickup rammed into the truck parked at the roadside on the Quetta-Taftan Highway.

Six people, including five children and the driver, died on the spot, while eight others were injured said Levies officials.