22 killed, dozens injured in road mishaps

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At least 22 people were killed on Wednesday while 30 others injured in separate road accidents in various parts of Punjab and Balochistan. According to Rescue 1122 officials, at 14 people lost their lives in three different incidents of road mishaps in Sahiwal, Chichawatni and Faisalabad. According to details, 10 members of a Tabligi Jamaat died and 16 others were injured when a bus collided with a truck at Chowki bypass near Sahiwal city. Rescue teams rushed to the scene and shifted the bodies and injured to District Headquarter Hospital Sahiwal. In another incident, three persons of a family were killed and three others injured when a car and jeep collided with each other in Chichawatni. According to the police, the accident occurred on Burewala Road where a car crashed into a Pajero jeep, killing three people in the car identified as Muhammad Sajjid, Shahzad and Muhammad Sardar. At least four people onboard the jeep sustained injuries. Moreover, a bus driver was killed and 10 others injured in a collision between a bus and wagon at Jhang Road in Faisalabad. Meanwhile, at least eight people, including three children, were killed in a two-vehicle collision in Kuchlak area of Quetta. According to local police, two vehicles coming from opposite directions crashed into each other, resulting in the death of eight members of a family. Rescue teams and the police rushed to the scene and shifted the injured and the bodies to Quetta hospital.