Hit and Run: Two dead, two injured in accident

SUKKUR: A woman and her son were killed while two others were injured in a road accident on the National Highway near the Rohri bypass on Monday. Noor Jehan was travelling with her three-year-old son, Sajjan, her six-year-old daughter, Madam, and her 18-year-old nephew, Abdul Hameed, on a motorcycle. They were struck by a speeding trailer from behind while travelling while they were on their way from Hakra village to Thehri village. As a result, Noor Jehan and her son Sajjan were killed on the spot, while her nephew Abdul Hameed and daughter Madam were injured and taken to Taluka Hospital Rohri. The trailer driver fled from the scene after the incident.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 16^th, 2011.