Eight members of the same family were killed while 9 others sustained multiple injuries in a bus-rickshaw collision in Jaranwala on Sunday.
As per details, the horrific traffic accident occurred in the jurisdiction of the Lundianwala police station.
Rescue 1122 spokesman said that a speeding bus hit a loader-rickshaw carrying 20 members of a family near Lundianwala on Jaranwala-Lahore Road.
As a result, five people including Shazia (35) wife of Saleem, Shahzad (26) son of Sakhi Muhammad, Amina Bibi (18) wife of Shehbaz Ali, Humaira (15) daughter of Shehbaz and Mumtaz Bibi (35) wife of Shah Jahan received serious injuries and died on the spot, whereas Rescue 1122 shifted 9 injured to Tehsil Headquarters (THQ) Hospital.
Later, three passengers including Maskan (14) daughter of Shah Jahan, Eman (15) daughter of Shah Jahan and Faizan (12) son of Saleem breathed their last in THQ Hospital whereas 7 victims including Amina (12), Hasan Shehbaz (7), Aliza Shehbaz (14), Salman Shehbaz (8), Nauman Shah Jahan (10), Sargum (14) daughter of Saleem and Nazia Shehbaz (35) were referred to Allied Hospital-II (DHQ Hospital) due to their critical condition.
The police took the bodies into custody while further investigation was in progress, he added.
