At least three persons were killed and two other sustained injuries in two separate road accident in Muridke and Okara on late Thursday night. According to details, the first accident took place on Muridke where a couple died when the motorcycle they were riding on was hit by a bus at the Grand Trunk (GT) Road near Kala Shah Kaku. Police and rescue teams reached the spot and shifted the dead to a nearby hospital. According to police, the bus driver managed to escape from the scene after the accident. The second accident occurred in Okara where a speeding rickshaw hit a motorcycle due to which a man was killed on the spot and his wife and son were critically injured. Police and rescue teams reached the spot and shifted the dead and injured to hospital. According to rescue sources, the deceased was identified as Asghar.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan