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Five, including four students killed in bus-auto collision

A head-on collision between a bus and auto rikshaw claimed lives of five including four students and wounded twelve others in Toba Tek Singh on Tuesday morning, GNN reported.

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1 week ago

Oct 12, 2021 09:43 AM

Mehak Javed

Five, including four students killed in bus-auto collision

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Toba Tek Singh: A head-on collision between a bus and auto rikshaw claimed lives of five including four students and wounded twelve others in Toba Tek Singh on Tuesday morning, GNN reported.

The passenger bus collided with a motorcycle rickshaw which was carrying school children.

The collision caused the rickshaw to overturn, killing four school students on the spot. Twelve others, including the driver of the rickshaw, were injured in the mishap.

Rescue teams and police reached the spot after getting information and shifted the deceased and injured to a nearby hospital.

The rikshaw driver, however, succumbed to his injuries in hospital.

All students were aged between 10-18 years.

As per preliminary reports, the bus driver lost control of the vehicle owing to high speed. His reckless driving and attempt to negotiate a turn at high speed, resulted in the horrific collision.

The bus was traveling from Faisalabad to Chishtian.

According to the rescue, the bus driver managed to escape.

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