At least one dead, 8 injured in national highway pile-up

MATIARI: At least one person was killed and eight others got wounded in a pile-up involving multiple vehicles on National Highway near Matiari on Wednesday.

Police said eight vehicles crashed into each other due to low visibility caused by dense fog engulfing plains of the province. As a result of the pile-up, one person was killed while eight others were injured.

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The deceased was identified as a truck driver who hailed from Shahdadpur.

The police said low visibility conditions have affected the flow of traffic on National Highway.

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In November last year, at least 22 people had got injured in three separate pile-ups on motorway in Sheikhupura. According to rescue officials, the pile-ups involving dozens of vehicles happened on the motorway M2 near Kala Shah Kaku, Qila Sattar Shah and Khanpur Nehar.

As a result, 22 people got injured. However, no loss of life was reported. The collisions occurred due to a dense fog enveloping plains of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).