NAROWAL: Three people were killed and 35 injured in six accidents in Sheikhupura and Narowal districts on Monday.
According to Rescue 1122 Sheikhupura spokesperson Tajammul Hussain, the control room received a call reporting a passenger bus accident on Kot Hanif Sheikhupura Road. The caller said the speeding bus lost control and plunged into a nullah. Rescue teams rushed to the scene and, with the help of local residents, pulled passengers out of the vehicle.
The injured included Samra Amanat (40), Imran Abbas (20), Ali Hamza, Waqas Ali, Imtiaz Ali, Maryam Bibi (45), Fizza (15), Shagufta Bibi (35), Meena (5) and others, who were shifted to nearby hospitals after receiving first aid.
In another incident near Kot Ranjit, two motorcycles collided due to speeding, leaving four riders injured. The rescue medical team provided first aid to Shahzad Ali, Haseeb Ali, Abdul Wahab and Ali Raza before shifting them to a government hospital.
The third accident occurred at Khanalbana Stop on Sheikhupura Road, where a high-speed rickshaw overturned after a tyre burst. Six people - Ulfat Shahbaz (36), Adnan Tariq (14), Azhar Ali (45), Yasmin Shafiq (42), Qaiser Ali (60) and Azmat Rustam (60) - were seriously injured and taken to hospital.
Meanwhile, Rescue 1122 Narowal spokesperson Harmat Ali said a motorcycle collided with a loaded rickshaw near Faiz Ahmed Faiz Park on Shakargarh Road after the rider lost control due to high speed. Three people - Ali Raza (25), Azam Rafique (50) and Zarar Asghar (22) - were critically injured. Zarar Asghar succumbed to his injuries on the spot, while the others were shifted to a government hospital.
In another accident on Ano Bajwa-Muridke Road, a speeding car travelling from Narowal to Lahore overturned after the driver lost control. The occupants - Zaheer Ahmed (30), his wife Hadiya Zaheer (26) and their eight-year-old son Yousuf Saqib - sustained serious injuries and were shifted to hospital after first aid.
At Malik Bagh Stop on Shakargarh Road, a speeding passenger van collided with a tractor trolley. Rescue teams from Kartarpur station reached the site and, with the help of locals, cut open the van to rescue trapped passengers. Two people - Maqbool Bibi (55) and Muhammad Rehan (26) - died on the spot, while nine others, including Muhammad Sarwar (50), Zain Irfan (25), Muhammad Saghir (35), Muhammad Azam (28) and Naseer Ahmed (45), were injured and shifted to District Headquarters Hospital Narowal.
Police reached the accident sites and the Rescue 1122 shifted the bodies to Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Shakargarh. The rescue operation was supervised by District Emergency Officer Narowal Engineer Muhammad Aurangzeb, who urged citizens to strictly follow traffic rules to prevent accidents and save lives.
Published in Dawn, January 27th, 2026
