KHAIRPUR: A man and his two sons were killed and his wife suffered serious injuries when their motorcycle collided with a sugar cane loaded truck on a link road in the jurisdiction of Akri police station in Faiz Gunj taluka, 85 kilometres from here, on Saturday.

According to area people, the four members of a family were going to their village on the motorcycle when they met the accident. The deceased were identified as Zameer Baladi, 45, his sons Jameel, 12 and Yaqoob, 7.

Late Zameer’s wife Ms Zameeran who survived with severe injuries was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.

Published in Dawn, January 14th, 2018

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