BUREWALA City News

Two killed, 21 injured in bus-van collision

From Our Correspondent

BUREWALA: Two passengers were killed while 21 others, including women and children, injured in a collision between a bus and a van near Haji Morr on Lahore Road on Sunday.

Reportedly, a bus (MNS-2186) was going to Lahore from Burewala when it collided with a van (BK-2513) while overtaking another bus. As a result, Muhammad Yaqoob of Chak 167/EB, Arifwala, and Niaz Ahmad of Chak 97/EB, Arifwala, were killed on the spot while 21 others, including Sanam Bibi, Iram Bibi, Shakil Ahmad, van driver Muhammad Ashfaq, Safia Bibi, Muhammad Rafique, Raja Riaz Ahmad of Chak 217/EB, Sadiqan Bibi, Rukhsana Bibi of Chak 213/EB, Muhammad Habib of Chak 239/EB, Allah Ditta of Chak 132/EB, Zafar Iqbal of Chak 433/EB, Nasreen Bibi of Chak 211/EB, Hameedan Bibi of Chak 36/KB, Shakeel Ahmad of 67/EB and Muhammad Nawaz, were injured. The injured people were shifted to the Burewala Tehsil Headquarters Hospital from where four seriously injured people - Sanam Bibi, Iram Bibi, Shakil Ahmad and Muhammad Ashfaq – were referred to the Multan Nishtar Hospital.

DSP Zulfiqar Ali Sandrana, Medical Superintendent Rana Muhammad Akram and other officials imposed emergency in the hospital and called doctors for treatment of the patients. Gaggo Mandi police have started investigation.