Five of a family die as car rams into roadside pole 

Bahawalpur: In an unfortunate incident, five members of a same family were killed when a speeding car skidded of the road and hit a roadside pole owing to tyre burst on M-5 Motorway near Uch Sharif, GNN reported Tuesday. 

The accident occurred Monday night when the ill-fated vehicle hit a pole on the roadside near Uch Sharif in south Punjab.

As per details, the family was travelling from Lahore to Tando Adam in Sindh to attend a wedding ceremony— when met horrific accident on the motorway M5 connecting Multan to Sukkur. 

According to preliminary details, the car veered off the motorway and the driver lost control following a tyre burst. 

The victims were parents and three children and has been identified as Pakistan Rangers' Mubashir Zaid, his wife Sadia, one daughter— Tehreem, two sons— Mutahir and Hadi. 

Rescue teams and police reached the spot after getting information and shifted the deceased to anearby hospital.