KASUR: At least nine factory workers, including two women, suffered injuries on Tuesday as the bus they were traveling by plunged into Rohi nullah near Lal Shah locality on Kot Radha Kishan-Manga road.

Police, quoting eyewitnesses, said the bus carrying workers of a local factory plunged into dry bed of Rohi Nullah while overtaking a van on the narrow road because of speeding.

As a result, nine of the bus passengers, including Salma bibi, Tahira bibi, Mansoor Ali, Hafeez Ahmed, Yousaf, Ali Raza, Javid, Usman Majeed and Shahbaz, were injured.

The injured persons were shifted to the Social Security Hospital, Manga and the local rural health centre (RHC).

The bus driver fled the scene following the accident.

In another incident, a man and his son died when the bike they were riding was hit by a tractor-trolley on Jamber Road near Rehmanpura locality in the limits of Changa Manga police station.

Police said Ghulam Nabi of village Dostpura, with his father Yasin, was going to Kasur when a tractor-trolley coming from the opposite side hit the motorcycle they were riding.

As a result, both father and son died on the spot.

Passersby, however, nabbed the driver and handed him over to police.

The police also impounded the tractor-trolley and started investigations.

Published in Dawn, November 25th, 2020