SAHIWAL: Three people, including a motorcyclist and a woman, died and seven critically injured in a collision between two buses near overhead bridge, West Bypass, on Multan-Sahiwal Road on Wednesday morning.

Rescue 1122 sources said the deceased were identified as Muhammad Amin (60), the driver of the AC bus, passenger Musarat Bibi (35) and biker Ali Hyder (16) who became trapped in the collision.

Eyewitnesses said the non-AC bus tried to negotiate a wrong U-turn and was severely hit by the AC bus coming from the opposite direction. It was further stated that Ali Hyder initially avoided one of the buses but ended up between the two and was run over and killed.

The injured were identified as Azeem (45), Ghulam Fatima (65), Umer Farooq (37), Abdul Ghaffar (55), Sharif Ahmed (10), Maroosha Fatima (16), Abdullah (15), Rafey Ahmed (10), and Sajjad Ahmad (35). Ghala Mandi police have arrested the driver of the non-AC bus and initiated an investigation into the incident.

Published in Dawn, December 26th, 2024