TOBA TEK SINGH: Gojra Sadar police on Monday registered a case against the unidentified driver of a dumper which collided with Rehman Baba 48 Down Express train, going from Peshawar to Karachi, late on Sunday night near Pacca Anna railway station.

The complainant, train guard Javed Iqbal, said in the FIR registered under sections 127 and 129 of Railways Act 1890 and 279 and 427 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) that the dumper loaded with sand collided with the train at an unmanned level-crossing near Chak 94 JB.

As a result, the locomotive got derailed and the train driver, Kashif Javed, and assistant driver Nabeel Najam were injured.

The FIR said that unidentified dumper driver immediately fled the scene after the accident.

Meanwhile, Rescue 1122 report said that the train driver and his assistant were shifted to the Nishter Hospital, Multan.

It added that two train passengers, identified as Riaz of Karachi and Imran of Kot Addu, who were injured in the accident, were shifted to the Allied Hospital, Faisalabad.

Railway sources say that because of the accident, rail traffic remained suspended for five hours and Lahore Divisional Superintendent Hanif Gill and other officers supervised the rescue and restoration operations on the site.

BURNT ALIVE: A worker was burnt alive allegedly after falling into the fire chamber at abrick kiln at Chak 225-RB, Malkhanwala, located on Satiana Road, Faisalabad.

Rescue 1122 officials say, Rawal (20) of Chak Dassoana, Samundri, was throwing coal into kiln’s fire chamber when he allegedly lost his balance and fell into 12-foot deep pit.As a result, his body was completely burnt within no time.

On being informed of the incident, a Rescu 1122 team reached the scene and retrieved the worker’s body from the fire chamber.

GIRL KILLED: A man allegedly tortured and strangled to death his four-year old daughterover a trifle on Sunday night at Chak 258 RB, Lamman Pind, Faisalabad.

Dijkot police say, the suspect, Tahir, was about to bury the minor girl secretly, when a police team reached the village, on being informed of the incident by some locals, and arrested him.

The body of the girl was handed over to her mother after autopsy was conducted at the DHQ hospital.

COUPLE DIES: A man and his wife died on Monday allegedly after their motorcycle was hit by a speeding car and another car ran over them in Faisalabad.

According to police spokesperson, Zain Aslam and his wife Razia Perveen were on motorcycle on Canal Road, when a speeding car hit their bike near Dhatta bridge.

As a result, they fell on the road, while another speeding car ran over them, leaving the couple critically injured. They were shifted to the DHQ hospital where both succumbed to their injuries.

The police said that both cars were racing when the accident occurred.

People’s Colony police have arrested both car drivers, identified as Rafiq and Ahmad.

Published in Dawn, April 9th, 2024