RAHIM YAR KHAN: Seven persons of a wedding party died while 61 were injured when a trailer rammed into a tractor trolley carrying them near Garhi Chowk in Sardargarh area on the National Highway N-5 late on Saturday night.
As per details, a tractor trolley carrying a wedding party of Khokhar clan of Kunjiwala was on its way to Zahir Pir when the driver of an over speeding trailer coming from the opposite direction lost control and crossed the central divider. The out-of-control trailer collided with the tractor trolley.
According to Rescue 1122, five persons including Malik Akram (65), Ghulam Jannat Shahla (12), Asghar Ali and Mazhar Hussain died on the spot, while 61 injured were shifted to the Sheikh Zayed Medical College Hospital (SZMCH) and the Mianwali Qureshian Hospital.
Two injured at the SZMCH succumbed to their injuries on Sunday morning. Rescue 1122 personnel, the National Highway and Motorway Police (NHMP) and district police reached the spot for relief activities.