A lawyer, his wife, son and mother-in-law were killed and two sons were seriously injured in a head-on collision between two cars.
Advocate Mian Tawfiqur Rehman, a resident of Samundri, was going to his hometown from Faisalabad along with his family when his car collided with the vehicle coming from the opposite direction near Dijkot, Darbar Baba Riaz Shah.
The collision was so severe that both cars were severely damaged .
Advocate Tawfiqur Rehman, his eight-month-old son Kashan and mother-in-law Ghulam Fatima were killed on the spot as a result of the accident. His wife Shagufta died during treatment after she was taken to the Civil Hospital. Her two sons Huzaifa and Rafay were critically injured.
Arsalan Iftikhar of Okara and Waqas Sarfraz of Pakpattan, who were travelling in the other car were seriously injured.
Rescue personnel shifted the injured to hospitals.
The bodies of the deceased belonging to the same family were handed over to the heirs after necessary legal proceedings by Dijkot police. The Samundri Bar Association announced three days of mourning on the death of Advocate Tawfiqur Rehman and his family members. Local lawyers will not appear in courts during the mourning period.
Road accidents in which multiple family members lose their lives were rampant in and around Faisalabad.
On June 15, at least six members of a family going to attend a Valima ceremony were killed when a van caught fire after an accident on the motorway near Gojra. The fire reportedly engulfed the van after it collided with a container truck.
The deceased included two children and a woman, while 10 people, including six children, were injured. They were admitted to Allied Hospital Faisalabad.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 5th, 2020.
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