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Brothers die on road

KASUR: Two minor brothers died after the motorcycle they were riding was run over by a speeding tractor-trolley near Bhamba Khurd Bypass, in the limits of Kot Radha Kishan police station, on Monday.

According to the police, Hassan, 12, along with his brother, Husnain, 4, was on way to school on a bike, when a speeding tractor-trolley hit theirbike from the rear side.

As a result, both fell onto the road and were run over by the tractortrolley.

They died on the spot, while the tractor driver managed to flee the scene.

A police team called to the spot impounded the tractor-trolley.

Rescue 1122 shifted the bodies to the local THQ hospital for the postmortem examination.

Police are looking into the matter.In another incident, an elderly man died and another was injured in a head-on collision between a rickshaw and a mini-van near Ghara bridge, in the limits of Kanganpur police station.

According to the police, the deceased was identified as Jan Muhammad and the injured as Jahangir. The body and the injured man were shifted to Kanganpur Rural Health Centre.

Police are looking into the matter.