TOBA TEK SINGH: A woman died and three other members of a family were seriously injured when the roof of a house collapsed at Chak 295-JB, Devidas Pura, early on Monday during windstorm followed by rain in the area.
Rescue 1122 officials say that all the four members of the family were asleep in their singleroom house when its roof collapsed suddenly during the early morning windstorm and rain.
On being called by locals, a team of Rescue 1122reachedthe spotand retrieved a woman, Ayesha Anwar (30), after removing the rubble, who had already died.The team also rescued three other members of the family -Ghulam Abbas (32), his wife Sajida Bibi (30) and his son Salman Abbas (3) -who suffered serious injuries in the incident.
They were shifted to the DHQ hospital for treatment.
MASON DIES: A mason was buried alive after the wall of an old well collapsed on him during repair work at Chak 436JB, Gojra, on Monday.
Rescue 1122 sources say that Yousaf (45), a mason, descended 25 feet into the well and was repairing its wall when it collapsed on him.
A Rescue 1122 team, responding to a call, reached there and retrieved the body after hectic efforts.