TAXILA: Three members of a family died and four others were injured when a car hit a truck on Hakla-DI Khan motorway near Kharrapa interchange near Pindigheb in Attock district on Friday, officials from Rescue 1122 and police said.

The deceased include a man, his wife and his sister-in-law while all injured are children of the couple.

According to District Emergency Officer Ali Husnain, the ill-fated family was going from Islamabad to Jand along with an ambulance carrying the coffin of Abdullah Jan – a local trader of Chabb. The driver of the car identified as 55-year-old Adnan Jan lost control of the vehicle due to over speeding. Mr Jan, his 37-year-old wife Farzana Bibi and sister-in-law Memona Bibi (23) died on the spot while Mr Abdullah’s children identified as 12-year-old Laraib, 11-year-Mashal, six-year-old Ahmed Abdullah and 5-year-old Azan Abdullah were injured.

The injured were taken to Tehsil Headquarters (THQ) hospital Pindigheb from where all three were shifted to Rawalpindi due to lack of surgical facilities in the hospital. Pindigheb police, along with officials of National Highway and Motorway Police (NHMP) are investigating the incident.

Published in Dawn, April 29th, 2023