PHALIA: Atleast five persons were killed and six others injured in a terrible road accident in Phalia on Monday.
The accident took place when a Hiace number SGT 9078 collided with a tree due to bursting of tyre resulting in the death of five passengers and six others seriously hurt in the dreadful road mishap in Phalia.
The accident claimed the lives of the driver, Razia Bibi, Mahwash, Danish Nadeem s/o Muhammad Aslam and others. The names of the injured could not be identified till the filing of the report.
The injured have been shifted to Tehsil Headquarters Hospital where some of them are said to be in critical condition.
The local police have lodged a case in this regard.