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KHANEWAL, Oct 22 (APP):Five passengers including a woman and four children were killed and three others sustained injuries after a motorcycle rickshaw they were riding met an accident involving a mini truck overloaded with husk near Pul-14, in Jahanian, at Multan-Vehari Road on Wednesday.
According to details, the motorcycle rickshaw was carrying passengers from Multan, taking them to Tibba Sultan Pur, where they were all planned to attend a wedding ceremony. However, upon reaching Pul-14, a mini truck, overloaded with husk, attempted to overtake the motorcycle rickshaw while negotiating a bumpy passage where small road bridge was undergoing repair. The mini truck lost balance while overtaking and fell on the motorcycle rickshaw, killing a woman and four children under its enormous weight. A woman and two children were injured.
Those killed included a woman Asia Bibi (45), and four children including Bushra Bibi (11), Ajwa (9), Bakhtawar (8), and Hoorain (6).
Rukhsana (35) and two children, both of the age of two years, Aleema and Subhan, were injured.
Rescue 1122 shifted the bodies to THQ hospital Jahanian. The injured woman and two children were also shifted to the same hospital where they are undergoing treatment.