VEHARI: Four minor students, including three girls, were seriously injured in a road accident on their way to school on Club Roadhere on Tuesday.

As per Rescue 1122 of ficials, four minor students, including three girls, were going to a private schoolin thecityareafromMakkha Town, Vehari, when their rickshaw rammed into aparked trailer due to speeding.

As a result, the students -Wajiha (8), Saba (7), Javeria (8) and sevenyear-old Noman -suffered serious injuries.

A Rescue 1122 team, on being informed of the accident reached the spot and after providing first aid to the schoolchildren shifted them to the district headquarters hospital.

According to a Rescue official, all the girl stu-dents suffered leg fractures, while the boy`s nose was cut.

A duty doctor at the DHQ Hospital said two of the injured children, Saba and Wajiha, were shifted to Nishtar Hospital Multan due to their serious condition.

The police have registered a case against the rickshaw driver, who had fled the scene after the accident, and started investigation.