At least four members of a family were killed while six others sustained serious injuries in a collision between a car and a passenger coaster on Multan Road on Saturday.
According to details, the coaster was travelling to Vehari from Multan and collided with a car near Morr Rab Rakha. Four members of a family, including a woman and her son, died on the spot, while six others sustained injuries.
Upon receiving information about the incident, rescue teams rushed to the spot and shifted the bodies to their native town and the injured to district headquarters hospital Vehari, where the condition of two injured victims was said to be critical.
The coaster driver fled the scene, while eyewitnesses said that the incident took place due to the coaster speeding and attempting to overtake a rickshaw.
The deceased were identified as ASI Vehari Police Muhammad Farooq's wife Anum Bibi, his 9-year-old son Affan Farooq, his mother-in-law Surayyah Bibi and brother-in-law Osman. They were going to Dunyapur to attend a marriage ceremony.
The injured were identified as Sana Bibi, Muhammad Osman, Shah Zain, Aneeb Ahmad, Ijaz Qadri, and Hanif.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 12th, 2023.
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