ROAD CRASHES

ROAD CRASHES: Two people died and more than three dozen were injured in road accidents on Tuesday.

According to the city police, Farhat Deeba Dilshad was on her way to Kabirwala in her car with driver Ghulam Murtaza,
daughter Rida and son Ali. Near Seowal railway station on Toba-Faisalabad Road, their car rammed into a tractor due to fog. As a result, driver Murtaza died instantly while others were shifted to Toba District Headquarters Hospital where Rida also succumbed to her injuries while Farhat and Ali were stated to be in a critical condition.

A Toba-to-Lahore bus overturned on Gojra-Faisalabad Road near Chaudhry Sugar Mills leaving 32 passengers injured. They were admitted to a local hospital while one of them, identified as Zaheer Iqbal, was referred to Faisalabad’s Allied Hospital due to his life threatening injuries.

Also, another bus bound for Lahore from Gojra collided with a tractor-trolley near Chak 282-JB as a result the bus driver was seriously wounded and was admitted to Gojra THQ Hospital.