VEHARI: Three young labourers, including a 10-year-old child, were crushed to death by a mudslide while digging a well in Mailsi near Vehari, according to rescue sources on Sunday. Rescue teams pulled out the bodies of the labourers from the well with the help of local people after a hectic 19-hour long rescue operation. The bodies have been handed over to the heirs.

Rescue sources said that the victims belonged to the same family. The dead were identified as 20-year-old Sajjad Ahmed, 17-year-old Zameer Ahmed and 10-year-old Muhammad Shaban. Seeing the bodies of three young persons, the atmosphere in the area turned melancholic.