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ISLAMABAD: Five people were killed as a bus overturned while attempting saving a child in Tehsil Ali Pur area of Muzaffargarh on Wednesday.

According to police, an over-speeding passenger bus toppled while trying saving a child who was playing on the road. As a result of the accident, four passengers and a passerby woman were killed and ten others were injured, a private news channel reported.

The bus was travelling from Ali Pur to Multan. The injured were shifted to Tehsil Headquarter Hospital.

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