9 dead in separate road accidents in Punjab

LAHORE: As many as nine people were killed in two separate road accidents in Punjab on Sunday.

Four members of a family were killed after a trawler collided with a motorcycle in Lahore’s Sundar area on Sunday, Geo News reported.

According to rescue sources, the motorcycle collided with the trawler near Maraka, killing the four riders on the bike, a man, his wife and two kids.

The deceased have been identified as Muneer Ahmed, Shakeela Bibi, seven-year-old Hammad and six-year-old Fatima, rescue sources said.

In another incident, in Okara’s Renala Khurd district, five people were killed after a truck smashed into a motorcycle.

Rescue sources said a man, woman and three children were among those killed in the collision.