Four die

Published April 3, 2006

MULTAN, April 2: Four people, including two women, were killed while 17 others were injured when a wagon plunged into dry bed of a canal on Sunday in city outskirts. ssPolice said that the wagon was on way to Jalalpur Pirwala when its driver lost control over the vehicle which fell into the canal from Ashiqwala Bridge near Chowk Nag Shah. It is believed that the vehicle had developed some sort of technical fault when the driver was indulged in overspeeding.

Haleema Bibi, Noor Bibi and Nazar Hussain died on the spot while Abdul Rehman succumbed to his injuries on way to the hospital. The injured were being treated at the Nishter hospital.—Correspondent

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