A road accident Thursday killed five members of a family when a Sadiqabad bound car collided with a trailer coming from the opposite direction on National Highway at Shahpur Jahanian near Nawabshah.
According to the police, the deceased have been identified as Mohammad, Sardar Ali, Liaquat Ali, Laghari and Mohammad Hashim have been transferred to Civil Hospital Shahpur Jahanian.
The car was thoroughly damaged in the accident. The trailer driver’s negligence caused the mishap, motorway police sources said.
Trailer driver fled the scene after the incident, the police has taken the trailer in its custody and inquiring into the road crash.
In another traffic mishap, a speedy car went out of the control of the driver and fell in a canal at Kammu Shaheed in Ghotki district of Sindh.
Five members of a family drowned in the incident. The family was travelling from Rahim Yar Khan to Karachi to celebrate Eid with relatives.
Local divers and rescue workers retrieved the dead body of a girl from the canal after the incident.
