Four of a family killed in accident

KHANEWAL: Four members of a family were killed in a road accident near Makhdoompur Interchange on Sunday.

Rescue-1122 official said that a family was travelling in a car when a rashly driven trailer collided with it. As a result, four members of a family belonged to Gojra died on the spot.

Rescue 1122 rushed to the site and extricated bodies after cutting the body of the car.

In a separate incident, a dacoit was killed allegedly by the firing of his own accomplices in the precincts of Tulamba police station.

According to police, Sadar police Mian Chanuu was taking under-custody dacoit Shabbir alias Lohari to recover weapons when four armed motorcyclists opened fire at police team near Pull 16-BR to get their accomplice free. In retaliation, the police also fired back and in a brief encounter, Shabbir aka Lohari received bullet injuries by the firing of his own accomplices and died on the spot.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 5^th, 2019.