Roof Collapse: 3 children killed, 2 injured

GUJRANWALA: Three children died and another two were seriously injured after the roof of a tube well collapsed on Saturday morning. According to hospital officials, Thatta Azam residents, Javed, 6, Hasan, 8, and Mona, 9 and her two sisters were playing on the roof of a tube well during a wedding when the roof collapsed and the children fell into the well. Rescue teams reached the scene and rescued the children. Nine-year-old Mona, Javed and Hasan died, while two others were sent to the hospital and are reportedly in serious condition.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 29^th, 2012.