Five of a family killed in hit-and-run

Victims travelling on motorcycle were slammed by speedily driven truck

OKARA:

A speeding truck on Sunday crushed five people travelling on a motorcycle to death on GT Road. The victims belonged to the same family.

Irfan, son of Siddique, a resident of Shergarh, along with 60-year-old Zarina Bibi, 30-year-old Nazia, 5-year-old Isha, and 3-year-old Abiha, was traveling on a motorcycle on GT Road to visit relatives when a recklessly driven truck coming from the opposite direction slammed into the two-wheeler, killing all five members of the family.

The truck driver managed to escape from the scene.

Rescue 1122 officials reached the spot on information and shifted the bodies to hospital.

Police have started raids on tip-offs to arrest the accused.

Chief Minister of Punjab Usman Buzdar expressed deep sorrow over the traffic accident in Okara.

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He expressed heartfelt sympathy to the victims’ family and ordered an immediate investigation into the road traffic crash.

Negligence while driving has claimed a number of lives in the district earlier.

On July 5 last year, several incidents of vehicle collision occurred, claiming three lives and leaving two people injured. Police officials said that the first accident occurred in Chak No 41 where a speedy tractor-trolley hit a passer-by woman named Bakhtawar Bibi. As a result, she sustained severe injuries while the driver managed to flee. A Rescue 1122 team reached the spot and shifted Bakhtawar to a nearby hospital where she succumbed to her injuries.

In another incident, Irfan Qadeer, resident of Kalapur village, accompanied by his two friends was travelling on a motorcycle when a speedy tractor-trolley hit them. Resultantly, Irfan and one of his friends were killed on the spot while two others were injured. A Rescue 1122 team reached the spot and shifted the bodies and injured to a nearby hospital.

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On June 8, 2019, three people were killed while nine others were injured as a passenger van caught fire near Gamber on GT Road in Okara. The van carrying passengers caught fire due to gas leakage and short circuit. As a result, three people were killed and nine others sustained burn injuries.

Ambulances, Rescue 1122 and two fire fighting vehicles rushed to the spot, brought the fire under control and provided first aid to the victims. The injured were shifted to District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 27^th, 2020.