Accident: Father, son killed in car-train collision

They were hit by a train as they crossed the railway track.

Bashir and his son died on the spot and Mohammad Laiq was taken to the trauma centre of Ghazi Medical College in Dera Ghazi Khan.

DERA GHAZI KHAN:
A man and his son were killed when their car was hit by a train on Sunday. Witnesses said the car was hit while it was crossing the track. Police said Bashir, his son Shehzad and a relative Mohammad Laiq had left Kala village to attend a funeral. They were hit by a train as they crossed the railway track. Bashir and his son died on the spot and Mohammad Laiq was taken to the trauma centre of Ghazi Medical College in Dera Ghazi Khan.


Published in The Express Tribune, May 26th, 2014.