Jhang: Six people of a family were killed and seven others injured in a head-on collision between a carry van and a mini-bus in Ahmadpur Sial in district Jhang on Monday.

 

The ill-fated family was going from Jaggi Sharif area of Layya to Faisalabad to attend morning rites of some deceased relatives when the accident happened near Kapoori Adda on Layya Road.

 

According to rescue officials, the tyre of the van burst and the out-of-control vehicle smashed into a mini-bus coming from the front. The collision resulted in the immediate death of six people including a young girl and two women who were riding in the van while 7 other people also got injured in the fatal smash. The injured were rushed to RHC Hospital.

 

Those died dead included Yousuf, Ghulam Qasim, Ahmad Ali, Irshad Mai, Bushra and Khursheed. While Abdullah, Nasir, Muhammad Arsalan, Sadia, Nasira, Sheema and Bashiran gout hurt in the accident. Garh Maharaja police said that they had confiscated the mini-bus while the driver of the bus had fled the scene. Police said action would be taken against the bus driver.