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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

5 youth killed in road mishap

LAHORE, May 19 : At least five youth were killed when a bus hit the floor of Jinnah underpass here on Wednesday.

According to details, the ill-fated youth of Government High School Ali Raza Abad Lahore were sitting on the top of a Riawind-bound bus going from Lahore , when it hit the Jinnah underpass near Lahore canal.

Four boys sitting on the bus top hit the floor of Jinnah under pass and were killed at the spot, whereas the fifth one succumbed to his injuries in the hospital. .

According to a friend of the ill fated boys and eyewitness of the tragedy, they went to shrine of Data Gunj Bukhsh and were returning to home, when the bus approached the underpass, he asked the driver and conductor of the bus to stop, but they didn’t.

“We immediately came down and hanged from the ladder of the bus, while our friends couldn’t and were killed on the spot”, the eyewitness said.

Police took the bus into custody immediately after the accident, however, conductor and driver of the bus managed to flee from the spot, police said.

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