MULTAN: A young man and a woman died in two road accidents on Saturday.

According to Rescue 1122 sources, 20-year old Akhtar, a resident of 19-kassi village on Vehari Road, died after falling from a tractor-trolley.

He was going to Makhdoom Rashid on a tractor-trolley along with his relatives on Makhdoom Rasheed Road when the accident occurred. He got head and spine injuries and died on the way to hospital.

In the incident, 20-year-old Hina, a resident of Jail Mor, was hit by a loader van coming from opposite side at Bahawalpur bypass. She died on the spot. The body was shifted to Nishtar Hospital by the Rescue 1122 personnel.

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