Motorcycle-van collision : Man killed, wife, children injured

Family were on their way to Toba Tek Singh on a motorcycle when they were hit by a speedy van.

FAISALABAD: A man was killed and his wife and two children injured in a road accident in Thikriwala police station precincts on Sunday. Muhammad Shafiq, a resident of Gulistan Colony, his wife Zara, daughter Samreen, 18, and son Aqeel, nine, were on their way to Toba Tek Singh on a motorcycle when they were hit by a speedy van near Chak 73-JB Jhapal on Jhang Road. The family was taken to a hospital where Shafiq died. The other three were stated by doctors who were treating them to be in a critical condition. The police registered a case on the complaint of Razaul Mustafa, brother of the deceased, and started investigation.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 2^nd, 2012.