8 killed, 23 injured in dumper-coach collision

SARGODHA, June 13 (APP): Eight people were killed while 23 others sustained multiple injuries when a dumper collided with a coach on Jhang road near here on Wednesday.
Police said that an overloaded coach (LXE-8585) was heading towards Multan from Mandi Bahauddin when a recklessly
driven dumper coming from Jhang collided with it on Sargodha-Jhang road, near Chak 91/NB By-pass.
As a result, eight people including Sajjad, Amir Shahzad, Muhammad Bukhsh, Muhammad Imran, Faiz Ahmad, Ghulam Rasool,
Zaheer and Hashim residents of Mandi Bahauddin died on the spot while 23 passengers suffered multiple injuries.
Some of the injured were identified as Allah Ditta, Muhammad Afzal, Javed Maseih, Faheem Abbas, Khizar Hayat, Mushtaq Ahmad, Saghir Ahmad, Riaz Ahmad, Sultan, Ashraf and Adeel, Saqlain
Qaisar and others.
The injured were shifted to DHQ hospital. A case has been registered in this regard.