Eight including three children die in road mishaps in Punjab

LAHORE (92 News) - Eight people including three children lost their lives in three road accidents in Lahore and Mianwali on late Wednesday and early Thursday, police and rescuers said.

A woman and her three children were killed after a speeding tractor-trolley hit a bike they were riding in Gujjar Colony Kot Lakhpat.

Kotlakhpat police said the three victims who were transported to a near-by hospital were pronounced dead upon arrival. 

Three people were killed after a rashly-driven bus hit a motorcycle rickshaw on Sargodha Road in Mianwali.

The deceased identified as Iqbal, Zohra and Akmal belonged to Mohalla Yaro Khail.

They succumbed to their wounds at the district hospital.

A motorcyclist died after he fell from a bridge after being knocked down by a car in Raiwind.

The car was impounded by police.

Police shifted the bodies to the mortuaries of the hospitals' concerned and initiated legal actions.

Robbers kill youth

A 22-year-old youth was killed in a shooting incident in Iqbal Town in early hours of Thursday.

The family told police that some robbers shot and killed Ehtisham who offered resistance during a house robbery.

Police shifted the body for autopsy and began investigation.