Road accidents: Girl killed, two injured in hit-and-run

BAHAWALPUR/ MULTAN/ SARGODHA:

Five people including a girl were killed and three others were injured in different road accidents in Multan, Bahawalpur and Sargodha on Wednesday.

In Multan, a 12-year-old girl was killed and two people were injured when a truck hit a motorcycle in Bohar Gate area on Wednesday. The girl, Noor Fatima, died on her way to a hospital. The injured, Humayun, 22, and Maryam Bibi were taken to Nishtar Hospital where their condition was later reported to be out of danger. The truck driver fled the scene.

In Bahawalpur, two people were killed in a road accident near Yazman Kudwala on Wednesday. Police said the deceased, Shaukat and Muhammad Akbar, were travelling on two motorcycles that crashed into each other. Police said the men died on the spot.

In another incident in Sargodha, Police said Mazhar Abbas, a resident of Sahiwal, and his friend Akram were on their way to Shah Jewna on a motorcycle when they were hit by a truck at Jhang Road. Police said Abbas died on the spot. Akram was taken to a hospital where his condition was later reported to be out of danger, police said

In yet another road accident in Sargodha, a man was killed when the car he was driving was hit by another car at Lahore Road on Wednesday. Police said the driver, Muhammad Arif, died on the spot.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 26^th, 2013.