Three drown as car plunges into canal

Five killed in two road accidents in Hafizabad

HAFIZABAD:

Five people were killed and two others injured in two road accidents in Hafizabad district, police and rescue officials said on Tuesday.

In the first incident, a speeding car went out of control near Chak Kharal and plunged into the Qadirabad-Balloki Link Canal, drowning three of its four occupants.

The fourth passenger survived.

Rescue 1122 teams rushed to the scene, retrieved the bodies from the canal and handed them over to the families.

The car was also retrieved from the water.

The deceased were identified as Basharat Ali, 40, Bilal, 17, and Urooj Fatima, 20.

All three belonged to the Chowateyan village in Gujranwala district.

The survivor was identified as Ali, 22, a resident of the same village.

In the second accident near Sukheki, a dumper truck rammed into a motorcycle before overturning, killing the motorcyclist, Nasir Nawaz, and his wife.

The couple belonged to Thatha Khairu Matmal.

The dumper driver, Nasrullah, a resident of Bannu district, suffered severe injuries. Rescue personnel shifted him to a nearby hospital for treatment.