4 dead, 20 wounded as dumper truck collides with bus near Sargodha

Author: Agencies

A tragic traffic incident on Tuesday night killed four people and 20 wounded as a dumper truck collided into a passenger bus on Jhang Road near Sarghoda.

According to the police, the accident occurred 20 kilometers from Sarghoda on Jhang Road that consumed 4 lives.

The injured were shifted to District Headquarters (DHQ) Teaching Hospital for treatment.

According to officials, the wounded were identified as Mohammad Arabi, Asif Ali, Ghulam Rasool, Riaz Faheem, Deen Muhammad, Sohail, Ashra, Zafar Abbas, Imran, Qaiser, Adeel, Allah Datta, Saqlain, Saad, Sagheer and Mohammad Afzal.

Amongst the injured, three were reportedly children.

Another traffic incident reported in Hyderabad’s Latifabad left a minor boy dead as a truck overturned due to a manhole on the road.

Published in Daily Times, June 14th 2018.

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