Two people killed in road accident in Faisalabad

In a separate incident nine family members hospitalised after consuming contaminated milk

FAISALABAD: Two people including a minor were killed, while two others were injured in a car accident in Tandlianwala on Saturday.



Rescue 1122 officials said that two motorcycles collided head on near Garh Fateh Mamoon Kanjan Road near Tandlianwala. As a result of the collision, Zubair and two-year-old Aziza died instantly while Kausar and Zoharan sustained injuries.

Rescue teams shifted the deceased and the injured to a nearby hospital. Meanwhile, nine family members including four children were hospitalised after consuming contaminated milk in Tandlianwala police limits.

Police said that Meraj Din, a resident of Butt Colony, consumed the milk along with his family members. As a result of ingesting the milk, the condition of Meraj, his children Hamza, Rabia, Ali and Rehana and four other family members started to deteriorate rapidly; all of them started vomiting, police added.



All nine people were shifted to Tehsil Headquarters Hospital.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 26^th, 2018.