KHANPUR: In a horrific road accident as many as seven persons of the same family, including five children and two women, were killed when a car plunged into a canal in Khanpur.
According to Rescue 1122, the victim’s family, belonging to the Gulshan Iqbal area of Khanpur, was going to Rahim Yar Khan by car that fell into the canal near Kot Samaba 86-Pul.
On receiving information, teams of Rescue 1122 and police reached the spot. Rescuers started operation and fished out the dead bodies of Nasreen Bibi (50), Rabia Bibi (30), Faizan (20), Mubashir (7) and Atif (9).
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A member of the family, Sohail, told that seven persons were riding the car and two persons – Irfan (15) and Arslan (18) – were still missing. On which, rescuers have again started search of Irfan and Arslan.
