Teenager, sister among four killed in accidents

LAHORE FOUR people, including a teenage boy and his 10-year-old sister, were killed in road accidents on Friday. A 17-year-old boy, Imran and his 10-year-old sister Mehreen, residents of Misri Shah, were killed by a speeding truck in the Gujjarpura police area. They were going to school on a bike when a truck loaded with flour bags hit and injured them. The truck driver escaped leaving his vehicle at the scene. The injured were rushed to hospital where they were pronounced dead. The police have impounded the vehicle and registered a case against the unidentified truck driver. Locals and passersby gathered at accident scene and staged a protest demonstration against the incident, looted the flour bags loaded on the truck and escaped. In another incident, a woman was killed by a trailer in the Chuhng police jurisdiction. Victim Sugran, wife of Imran of the Kot Lakhpat area, was standing near a petrol pump when a trailer hit her, resulting in her death. Yet in another incident, a bike rider, identified as Riaz, was killed in a road accident on Bund Road, Shadfiqabad. WOMAN HELD FOR THEFT: CIA has arrested a woman who had allegedly committed theft in the house of cricketer Umar Akmal a few months back. The arrested woman, Naseema, was maid in the house of Umar Akmal. The police recovered Rs 0.9 million from her and handed them over to the cricketer. TWO BODIES: The bodies of two men, unidentified so far, were found in different parts of the city on Friday. The body of a man was found at Chuburji Park, Lytton Road. The police claimed that the man was an addict who had apparently died of a drugs overdose. An old man was found dead in the Bhatti Gate police limits. The police said that the man had apparently died of natural causes. The bodies have been shifted to mortuary. BEGGARS ARRESTED: The City Traffic Police Friday arrested 20 beggars during a crackdown launched on beggars. According to the chief traffic officer (CTO), the police launched crackdown on beggars in the areas of Iqbal Town, Shahdara, Raiwind, Kot Lakhpat, The Mall and Sarwar Road and registered cases against 20 persons on charges of begging on roads and in streets. VEHICLES IMPOUNDED: The City Traffic Police impounded 1,795 vehicles, including motorcycles, on Friday, the second day of the crackdown launched on underage drivers. The chief traffic officer (CTO) said the crackdown was launched on the underage drivers as they were causing accidents in the city. He directed the SPs and circle officers to continue the crackdown and monitor it and submit daily performance report to the department. The CTO directed the wardens to behave politely with people and educate them on traffic rules and laws. ACCIDENTS: At least 548 road accidents were reported to Rescue 1122 Provincial Monitoring Cell in the last 24 hours from all 36 districts of Punjab. Eight people were killed and 448 critically injured in the accidents. The injured were shifted to different hospitals. Some 200 victims sustaining minor injuries were provided with first aid on the spot. About 123 road accidents were reported to Lahore Control Room, involving 130 people.