MULTAN,MILLAT+APP):As many as six persons including five
students and a rickshaw driver were killed,while six others
sustained injuries as a train hit a motorcyle rickshaw near
Jalalpur Morr Lodhran,about 40 kilometres away from here on
Friday morning amidst thick fog at level rail crossing.
According to Rescue 1122 sources, a motorbike rickshaw carrying
private school students attempted to cross the track at Jalalpur Morr (Lodhran) but it was hit by Karachi bound Hazara Express amidst
thick fog.
The sources said that six of them died on the spot while
other six riders sustained serious injuries and were shifted to
District Headquarters Hospital Lodhran. All the victims belong to
Memberwala Khooh mouza Kundi Lodhran, they said.
The deceased included: Sajjad s/o Ishtiaq, Irfan s/o Salman and
four unknown,while the injured included Mushtaq Ahmad s/o Allah
Buksh, Arslan s/o Salman, Wajahat, Saqlain, Yousuf and Danish.
District Emergency Officer Rescue 1122 Lodhran Dr Majid told APP
that a train hit the rickshaw in the morning and confirmed that six persons were killed while six others also received injuries.
Divisional Commercial officer (DCO) Multan,Nabeela Aslam told APP
that 12-down Hazara Express was heading to Karachi when it
hit a rickshaw this morning.She added that eight persons including seven students and the motorbike rickshaw driver have died so far,while another seven including a passer-by received injuries in the accident.
She informed that the gate guard at the level railway crossing
Afzal and train driver and Assistant driver Iftikhar and Tauqir have been
arrested.