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5 dead, as many injured in Jhang accident

From Our Correspondent

JHANG: Five people were killed while as many sustained injuries in an accident on Shorkot-Garh Mahraja Road here on Monday.

A wagon was carrying passengers to Garh Maharaja from Shorkot when it collided with two bikes coming from opposite direction while crossing River Chenab Bridge. As a result, Tasleem Raza, Ghulam Murtaza and Ibrat Raza died on the spot while Qutab Fareed, Haleema Bibi, Munawar Ali, Imran, Ali Raza, Javed Iqbal and Muhammad Irfan sustained serious injuries and rushed to the THQ Hospital, Shorkot. Later, Javed Iqbal and Muhammad Irfan also succumbed to their injuries when they were being shifted to the Nishtar Hospital, Multan. All the deceased belonged to Fatehpur, Layyah district.