Fatal Accident: Road crash kills two motorcyclists
The victims were severely injured and shifted to a nearby hospital
Police have taken the truck driver into custody and registered a case against him. PHOTO: FILE
LAHORE:
Two young men died when a truck crashed into their motorcycle in the Shera Kot area on Saturday. The victims Usman and Aziz were travelling on a motorcycle when a speeding truck loaded with vegetables collided with their vehicle near Band Road, police said. The victims were severely injured and shifted to a nearby hospital, where doctors pronounced them dead on arrival. Police have moved the bodies to a morgue, collected forensic evidence from the crime scene and recorded the statements of the eyewitnesses. Police have taken the truck driver into custody and registered a case against him. Initial investigations suggest the suspect fell asleep on the wheel. Further interrogation would help ascertain the facts, police said.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 25th, 2016.
Two young men died when a truck crashed into their motorcycle in the Shera Kot area on Saturday. The victims Usman and Aziz were travelling on a motorcycle when a speeding truck loaded with vegetables collided with their vehicle near Band Road, police said. The victims were severely injured and shifted to a nearby hospital, where doctors pronounced them dead on arrival. Police have moved the bodies to a morgue, collected forensic evidence from the crime scene and recorded the statements of the eyewitnesses. Police have taken the truck driver into custody and registered a case against him. Initial investigations suggest the suspect fell asleep on the wheel. Further interrogation would help ascertain the facts, police said.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 25th, 2016.