TAXILA: Four persons, among them a toddler, were killed while five others were injured in three different accidents in various parts of Attock and Taxila on Monday, police and rescue sources said.
In the first incident, two people, including a woman, were killed and three others injured when a loader rickshaw went out of control and plunged into a deep ravine near ziarat in the Bassal police station limits in the Kala Chitta mountain range in Attock, police and Rescue 1122 sources said.
The injured were identified as Maqsood Ahmed, 26, Falak Sher, 28, Nazish Bibi, 25, Ishrat Bibi, 21 and Rukhsana Bibi, 58.
Rescue sources said the deceased and injured belonged to the same family and were travelling to attend a wedding ceremony when the accident occurred. The bodies of the two deceased and the three injured were recovered and shifted to Jand Tehsil Headquarters Hospital for treatmentand medico-legal formalities.
Separately, a two-year-old boy drowned after accidentally felling into an approximately eight-foot-deep underground water tank while playing in the New Town area in the limits of Attock city police station, officials said.
Later, his body was retrieved from the water tank and shifted to District Headquarters Hospital, Attock, for necessary formalities.
Meanwhile, a 25-year-old man was killed after being struck by a speeding rickshaw near the Heavy Mechanical Complex (HMC) Taxila, police said.
The victim’s mother, Nighat Bibi reported to Police that her son Mohammad Ali was standing outside his vehicle on Hattar road when a speeding loader rickshaw struck him andned the scene.
The victim sustained serious injuries and died while being taken to hospital, according to the police statement.
Respective police have registered separate cases and launched further investigation.