As a result of a collision between two vehicles in Sarbaz County, four Baloch citizens, including a Sukhtbar, were killed and injured.
According to Kolbarnews, yesterday on April 24, 2024, a Peugeot Pars car and a pickup truck, used for Sukhtbari, collided on the Sarbaz-Rask road. One Baloch citizen from the passengers of the car was killed, and three others, including the sole passenger of the Sukhtbari vehicle, were injured.
The identities of the incident victims are not available at the time of reporting, but it is said that the passengers of the Peugeot Pars car were residents of Sib Suran County and all members of one family, while the driver of the Sukhtbari vehicle was from Khash. The incident occurred near the village of Bandan on the Sarbaz-Rask road, and the injured were transferred to Hospital in Iranshahr.
It is worth mentioning that the condition of the Sukhtbar is reported to be critical due to a head injury caused by the collision.
Sukhtbari is considered one of the unconventional and dangerous jobs that many Baloch people in Balochistan have resorted to out of lack of suitable and stable employment. Accidents, vehicle overturning, and direct shootings by military and security forces are some of the dangers that threaten the lives of Sukhtbars in this profession. According to reports from Baloch activists in 2023, at least 172 Baloch Sukhtbars lost their lives due to shootings by military forces, traffic accidents, and vehicle fires, and 42 others were injured in these incidents, including 11 children
