TAXILA: Three people were killed and eight others injured in separate road accidents in Attock district while a man drowned in Ghazi-Barotha water channel, police and Rescue 1122 sources said on Monday.
In the first accident, a 25-year-old Wali Dadwas killed and four others were injured, two critically, when their car overturned near Burhan Interchange on the IslamabadPeshawar Motorway (M-1), within the jurisdiction of Hassanabdal police.
Police said Wali Dad was travelling from Swabi with his relatives Noor Zaman, 28, Shahzaib, 24, Qasim Khan, 21,andNoorMohammad,58, when the driver lost control over the vehicle. Wali Dad died on the spot, while the injured were shifted to Wah General Hospital. Two of them were later referred to Holy Family Hospital, Rawalpindi, because of their critical condition.
In another accident, a man was killed and four others were injured when a car overturned near Chach Interchange on the M-1, within the jurisdiction of Hazro police.
The victims, members of the same family, were travelling from Lahore to Peshawar when a tyre reportedly burst, causing the vehicle to overturn.
The injured were shifted to Rawalpindi for treatment.
Separately, a 17-year-old boy, Sanaullah, drowned in the Ghazi-Barotha water channel near Khagwani village, also within the jurisdiction of Hazro police.
According to sources, he was recording a video for social media when he slipped into the channel.
In Pindigheb, a young pizza-shop delivery rider died after sustaining a critical head injury when his motorcycle crashed.
The incident occurred as he was reportedly trying to avoid a pothole on a badly damagedroad.Thedeceased was identified as Umair Javed, a resident of Dhoke Datwal.Correspondent