A tractor-trolley driver was killed and his two helpers injured when he fell asleep while driving in Bahawalpur on Thursday, rescue volunteers said. The tractor-trolley heavily loaded with chaff overturned near Karachi Morr in Bahawalpur after its driver fell asleep. The dead and injured were residents of Tehsil Kabirwala of Khanewal district. The rescue officials shifted the dead body and the injured to Victoria Hospital in Bahawalpur. According to police, the driver was going to Kabirwala from Bahawalpur. After the accident, the driver died on the spot while his two helpers who were sitting on the trolley got injured who were rushed to Victoria Hospital for the treatment. Later dead body of the driver was handed over to the family and the injured were also allowed to go home.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan