Four of family die on road

Published October 4, 2005

JHANG, Oct 3: Four members of a family were killed and two others injured in a road accident near Rodu Sultan, 35km from here, on Sunday evening. A car was coming from Garh Maharaja when the driver lost control over it due to overspeeding, and it rammed into an army truck parked along the road. Simultaneously, a bus hit behind the car. Four car-riders — Abid Husain, his wife Zubaida, daughter Asia and a friend, Mazhar Husain — died on the spot while Ghulam Raza and Asad Abbas sustained critical injuries. — Correspondent

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