Eight, including four children, killed in separate accidents in Punjab

FAISALABAD/LAHORE: Four women and as many children were killed while 14 were injured in two road accidents in Bhera and Nankana Sahib on Thursday.

In the first incident, a passenger van travelling to Murree from Lahore collided with a speeding car, resulting in the death of two women identified as Noreen and Sidra and three children, identified as Hamza, Hadia and Wasiq. 

Eight passengers injured in the incident were taken to a hospital in Bhera.

The second accident occurred in Shahkot, Nanakana Sahib when a vehicle travelling to Faisalabad from Jaranwala caught fire due to an alleged CNG cylinder leak.

Two women and a child died as a result of the fire. 

Passersby rescued the people from the burning car and transferred them to a hospital. 

Fire tenders also reached the site and doused the burning vehicle.