Five killed, 25 hurt in road mishaps in Punjab

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At least five people, including a woman, were killed and more than two dozen injured in separate road accidents in Punjab on Tuesday.

Reportedly, two people were killed and 10 others wounded in a head-on collision between a speeding tractor-trolley and a passenger coaster in Chunian area on Changa Manga Road.

In Soubaram Town of Okara, a speeding passenger bus bumped into a motorcycle, causing instant death of the duo on the bike. The bus driver managed to escape from the scene however.

Separately, a woman died while 15 others were injured when a passenger bus collided with a tractor on the motorway near Khanqah Dogran in Sheikhupura district. The injured were shifted to different hospitals where most of them were stated to be in critical condition. Doctors at the hospitals feared the death toll might rise.