At least twelve members of a family including five minors were killed in a road accident near Pir Mahal (Toba Tek Singh district) on Tuesday when a car and coach collided head on, Police said. Police said that a family of Khanewal was returning after attending a funeral rites of their relative as it reached near Pir Mahal some 130 km north-east of Multan a speedy coach collided head on in a bid to save it from a heap of stones lying on the road.
Resultantly 12 persons of a family including two male, four women and a teenager girl and five kids died on the spot. They were identified as Muhammad Ashraf of Chak No 80-15-L, his brother Rustam, mother Ms Ahmed Ali, Irshad Bibi wife of Muhammad Ashfaq, Mudassar Ashfaq(7), Aafia Ashfaq (11)Riaz Bibi wife of Rustam Ali , Tasawar son of Yasin(11)Sadaf D/o Yasin (14) Shehzadi D/o Allah Yar, Bushra Bibi (2), Kainat(7).
Police said that the ill-fated family was coming to Khanewal from Jaranwala's village-71-GB in a car No 8691-LHM as they reached near Zakirabad, a Faisalabad-bound coach No 6044-LZ coming from opposite direction hit the car in a bid to save its vehicle from a heap of stones. Police said that eleven members of a family died on the spot while an infant Kainat succumbed to injuries in Toba Tek Singh Hospital.