GUJRAT: A 17-year-old youth died and his friend was seriously injured while performing a one-wheeling stunt along the Jalalpur Jattan Road on Sunday.
Rescue officials said that while the two motorcyclists were performing one-wheeling, their motorbike slipped and both got seriously injured. One of them identified as Noman Zeeshan (17) died before he could be shifted to the hospital, whereas his friend Sarmad Bilal (17) was shifted to the Aziz Bhatti Shaheed Teaching Hospital (ABSTH) by Rescue 1122 in injured condition.
Meanwhile, an 18-year-old youth drowned while swimming in the River Chenab near Jalalpur Jattan town of Gujrat.
Rescue officials said that the youth identified as Yahya Basheer of Roopowali was taking a bath in the river along the Chupala embankment and he drowned in the river. They said that rescue teams were making efforts to retrieve the dead body of the drowned youth, which was yet to be found in the river.