Road accident: Four dead in CNG cylinder blast

Four people died on Saturday as the compressed natural gas (CNG) cylinder of a car they were travelling in exploded near Shehr Sultan in Muzafarhgarh.


Witnesses were quoted by Jatoi Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Khalid Daha as saying that the cylinder exploded after the car had crashed into an embankment near a bridge over a canal running along the median of the highway.DSP Daha said the victims were dead when police reached the spot. The deceased were identified as Zahid Hussain, his wife Kulsoom Zahid and their children five-year-old Murtaza and two-year-old Mujtaba. Their bodies were sent to a nearby hospital. The DSP said the family was returning from Lahore to their home in Khairpur Sadaat in Ali Pur.  The government had recently launched a drive to examine CNG equipment in public transport vehicles. Saturday’s accident is the first incident of a CNG cylinder blast in a private vehicle.