Four of a family, including a minor girl, died in a road accident near tehsil Thull of Jacobabad district on Sunday, it has been learnt.

Jacobabad Deputy Superintendent of Police Arbab Ali Soomro said that a mother, her two sons, and her minor daughter riding on a motorcycle were crushed to death under the wheels of a fast-moving truck near the irrigation channel in tehsil Thull of Jacobabad district.

The deceased, residents of village Dhani Bakhsh Pahore, have been identified as Zakia, 40, wife of Habibur Rahman along with her sons Adeebur Rahman, 15, Mujeebur Rahman, 8, and her four-year-old daughter Humeera.

The family was returning from Shikarpur when a fast-moving truck collided head-on with their motorcycle, resultantly the four family members crushed to death on the spot.

Following the incident, the area police reached the spot and apprehended the truck driver named Inaytullah Buriro, and handed over the bodies to their heirs.

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