Nine dead in separate truck-related accidents in RYK, Multan
Four, including three minors, dead in Rahim Yar Khan as container overturns
RAHIM YAR KHAN: Four people, including a woman and three kids, died Friday night in Rahim Yar Khan's Liaquatpur locality after a container flipped over from a semi-trailer truck onto a housein a nearby shanty settlement, Geo News reported, citing rescue and security authorities.
The heavy-duty vehicle was travellingon the N-5 National Highway, near the Tarinda Muhammad Panah village, when the container on it overturned on one of the houses in thesquatter settlements, resulting in six casualties in the same family — of which four died and two were injured.
The container was removed with the help of a crane, with the injuredshifted toRural Health Center located inTaranda Muhammad Panah.
According to rescue officials, the semi-trailer truck was travelling from Lahore to Karachi. Police said that the driver fled.
Dumper truck rams into labourers
In a similar incident in Multan's Shujaabad locality, five labourers were killed and two injured after a dumper truck ploughed into the labourers working at the Basti Dad Motorway Interchange.
According to police, the labourers were working on the road — due to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi today — when the heavy-duty vehicle rammed into the workers.
Meanwhile, the wounded were shifted to Nishtar Hospital where they are undergoing treatment.
The police arrested the driver of the vehicle.