Six killed in Lodhran road accident

LODHRAN: At least six people were killed while 14 others suffered injuries in a collision between passenger van and truck in Lodhran on Tuesday.

A police official said the passenger van was going from Lahore to Sadiqabad when it collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction. As a result, six people were killed on the spot, while several others were injured. The police and rescue teams reached the spot and shifted the dead and injured to a local hospital for medico-legal formalities and treatment.



The official maintained the passenger van was completely destroyed due to the impact of the accident. He pointed out the tuck driver fled the scene after the mishap. However, raids were being conducted to arrest him.

Earlier, a train crushed two motorised rickshaws on an ungated crossing, killing seven schoolchildren in Lodhran district, police said.

The police said the rickshaw drivers apparently misjudged the speed of the coming train due to heavy fog while attempting to cross the tracks.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 31^st, 2017.