Two labourers electrocuted

Published March 4, 2006

TOBA TEK SINGH, March 3: Two people were electrocuted and five injured near Chak 183 GB Miankot on Friday. Seven labourers were returning to Rajana from Miankot after loading kinno on a truck. They were sitting on the roof of the truck when they hit electricity wires as a result of which they suffered shock. Salim and Ashiq, residents of Chak 336 GB Saraba, died on the spot, while the five injured were admitted to Rajana Rural Health Centre from where Maqbool Ahmad, Amer and Akhtar Ali were shifted to the DHQ hospital in serious condition.

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