RAWALPINDI: Four people, including a man and his two minor daughters, died while six others were injured when a car veered off the road after its tyre burst and crashed into another vehicle near Giga Mall on G.T. Road on Tuesday.

Police and emergency services said the vehicle was going towards Rawalpindi from Rawat when the accident took place.

According to reports, Jawad Ali was heading towards Gujar Khan with his family while Aizaz Masroor, Raza Ali and two others were going towards Rawalpindi in their Honda. The Honda veered off the road and crashed into the other car.

Ali, 36, his daughters one-month-old Aleeza and one-and-a-half-year-old Anabia and Aizaz Masroor, 25, died on the spot.

Shortly after the accident, police, Edhi ambulances and rescue services reached the scene and shifted the injured and deceased to different hospitals. Both cars were badly damaged in the collision.

The injured were identified as Saima, 30, Raza Ali, 24, eight-year-old Mohammad Yousaf, Nadia Khan, 24, Rimsha, 22, and another 38-year-old woman, who is yet to be identified.

Later, the injured were shifted to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) where they are stated to be in stable condition.

Published in Dawn, January 20th, 2021