Truck overturns, 5 dead, 35 injured

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Raiwind
As many as 5 persons died, 25 got injured in a road accident at Raiwind.
An overloaded and speedy truck on Tuesday morning overturned while negotiating a sharp turn near Bahira Orchard at Raiwind road. 5 persons died on the spot, 25 got injured and 6 critically injured are under treatment in different hospitals of Lahore.
The passengers in Truck Mohammad Saddiq, Sarab Khan, Abid, Ibrahim and Hamid died on the spot while driver Muhammad Latif and Zubair including 25 others got injured and were shifted to Tehsil Headquarter for medical assistance while 6 critically injured were shifted to Lahore on 1122 ambulances and now they are out of danger.
According to the eye witnesses, speedy Truck while avoiding to hit other loaded vehicle lost its control and turned turtle while a person on board the truck claimed that tyrod of truck had opened due to which accident happened.
However police are still investigating to find out the reason behind this accident and all the victims belong to Bhamba village.