VEHARI: Four minor students, including three girls, were seriously injured in a road accident on their way to school on Club Road here on Tuesday.

As per Rescue 1122 officials, four minor students, including three girls, were going to a private school in the city area from Makkha Town, Vehari, when their rickshaw rammed into a parked trailer due to speeding.

As a result, the students -- Wajiha (8), Saba (7), Javeria (8) and seven-year-old Noman -- suffered serious injuries.

A Rescue 1122 team, on being informed of the accident reached the spot and after providing first aid to the schoolchildren shifted them to the district headquarters hospital.

According to a Rescue official, all the girl students suffered leg fractures, while the boy’s nose was cut.

A duty doctor at the DHQ Hospital said two of the injured children, Saba and Wajiha, were shifted to Nishtar Hospital Multan due to their serious condition.

The police have registered a case against the rickshaw driver, who had fled the scene after the accident, and started investigation.

Published in Dawn, April 27th, 2022