Five of a family die in Sehwan road accident

SEHWAN: At least five people, two women and a child among them, were killed and four others wounded when a speeding truck rammed into a rickshaw in the vanity of Sehwan late Saturday night, ARY News reported.

Police and rescue sources said a speedy mazda truck collided with a rickshaw coming from the opposite direction near Lakki Shah Saddar, leaving five members of a family dead and four others with life-threatening injuries.

Rescue officials said the deceased and injured have been shifted to a nearby health facility where the injured are stated to be fighting for their lives.

The deceased and injured are yet to be identified.

Read also: Thirteen die in two road accidents in Punjab

Earlier this week,  at least eleven people were killed and 21 others wounded in a collision between a bus and parked tractor-trolley in southern Punjab district of Layyah.

Another accident in the provincial capital of Punjab, Lahore had claimed lives of two brothers when they were hit by an over-speeding car in Gulberg area.