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FAISALABAD: Six members of a family, five little children among them, were killed and three others injured in a road accident near Tandlianwala town in Faisalabad district, on Friday night.

The accident took place on a fogbound road on the outskirts of Tandlianwala, where a car collided with a tractor-trailer due to speeding. Six car occupants died on the spot and three others were injured.

A police official said the deceased were identified as Rabia Bibi, her daughters Fajr, 13, and Umama, 11, Yayha, 6, and Musa and Raees, both one-year-old.

Shahzeb, who was driving the car, his wife and son were injured. Police and rescue teams reached the spot after being informed about the tragedy and shifted the deceased and injured to hospital. The injured persons were later shifted to a Faisalabad hospital due to their critical condition.

Police seized the tractor-trailer and launched hunt for its absconding driver.

Road accidents are quite common in Pakistan, making it one of the hazardous countries because of potholed roads and streets. Fog compounds the problem and results in increase in accidents. Dense fog again blanketed several parts of Punjab on night between Friday and Saturday, paralyzing routine life and disrupting road traffic. The thick fog affected the flow of road traffic in several cities of Punjab.

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MZI Dec 29, 2024 02:14pm
Faisalabad & its environs have perhaps the worst driving practices in the whole of country. Most people drive aggressively, treat traffic laws & rules as inconveniences to be ignored, & prone to feuds
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