DERA MURAD JAM­A­LI: Two persons, including a five-year-old child, were killed when a speeding tractor hit their motorcycle in Mehboob Ali Laro area near Dera Allahyar late on Sunday evening, according to police.

The victims died on the spot after being crushed under the tractor. The police shifted their bodies to the district hospital, where the man was identified as Muhammad Ramzan. The child’s name was not known so far.

According to the police, the tractor driver, Azhar Lashari, has been taken into custody.

Published in Dawn, August 12th, 2024

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