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National record-holder Nadia Nazeer, five-year-old son killed in car accident

Sprinter falls prey to a speeding trailer near Bahawalnagar

Muhammad Yousaf Anjum March 18, 2017

PHOTO: WAPDA

LAHORE: Pakistan's athletics community suffered a major loss on Saturday when sprinter Nadia Nazeer and her son were killed in a car accident.

Wapda athlete Nadia, who has bagged several medals for Pakistan at international level and holds several national records, was on her way to Sahiwal with her family when her car collided with a trailer near Bahawalnagar.

Her five-year-old child died on the spot, whereas she passed away later on. Nadia's husband was also critically injured in the accident and is currently being treated.

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Before her untimely demise, Nadia had been training diligently to participate in the upcoming National Athletics Championship.

Pakistan Sports Board and Athletics Federation have expressed their grief at the unfortunate accident, while Wapda has declared a day of mourning in Nadia's remembrance.

This is the second female athlete Pakistan's sporting fraternity has lost to a road accident in a matter of months. Last year, footballer Shahlyla Baloch also lost her life in a car accident in Karachi.

COMMENTS (2)

Imran Rasheed | 7 years ago | Reply They might save at least 1 life of the kid, he would sure b sitting on her mother lap on front seat. It is strictly prohibited in other countries like in UAE and UK to put your under age kids on front seats. I myself have seen several times that kids like to play on dashboard things sitting on their mother's lap, none of them wearing any seat belt, they hit immediately with wind screen and gets hurt. Police wardens only insist wearing of seat belts to drivers, they never thought of lives of other people in the cars, is this lack of training in traffic police dept. ? We all should be of careful in these matters.

M.Sethi | 7 years ago | Reply Rest In Peace !

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