Accidents: Nine killed, 29 injured
A collision between an oil tanker and a passenger van near Sheikhupura kills seven people.
SHEIKHUPURA:
At least nine people were killed, including two school children, and 29 injured in two accidents in Mandi Bahauddin and Sheikhupura on Monday morning.
Seven people were killed and 16 injured in a collision between a passenger van heading towards Farooqabad and an oil tanker on Lahore-Sargodha Road near Jhamke in Sheikhupura. The deceased included four police constables. They were identified as Waqas, Mansoor, Sohail and Asad. The injured were taken to Mayo Hospital. Police took both vehicles in custody but the oil tanker fled the scene. In the other incident, two students were killed and 13 injured in a collision between two school buses in Manochak, Mandi Bahauddin.
The injured were moved to the Phalia tehsil headquarters (THQ) hospital. Wires
Published in The Express Tribune, March 1st, 2011.
At least nine people were killed, including two school children, and 29 injured in two accidents in Mandi Bahauddin and Sheikhupura on Monday morning.
Seven people were killed and 16 injured in a collision between a passenger van heading towards Farooqabad and an oil tanker on Lahore-Sargodha Road near Jhamke in Sheikhupura. The deceased included four police constables. They were identified as Waqas, Mansoor, Sohail and Asad. The injured were taken to Mayo Hospital. Police took both vehicles in custody but the oil tanker fled the scene. In the other incident, two students were killed and 13 injured in a collision between two school buses in Manochak, Mandi Bahauddin.
The injured were moved to the Phalia tehsil headquarters (THQ) hospital. Wires
Published in The Express Tribune, March 1st, 2011.