Three killed as bus hits motorcycle

Published November 27, 2001

SADIQABAD, Nov 26: Three people were killed and 14 others sustained injuries, five of them serious, on Monday in a road accident near the Punjab-Sindh border.

A speeding wagon (QA-6330) going to Machka overturned after colliding head-on with a motorcycle. Wali Dino, Krishan Das and Abdullah died instantly while 14 others received injuries.

The injured were admitted to Shaikh Zayed Hospital where the condition of five of them was described as serious.

The police of Punjab Machka and Sindh Ubaro were still busy in deciding the jurisdiction.

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