• Car falls in ditch in KP’s Dera Ismail Khan.
• Truck overturns on Motorway M-5 in Ghotki.
• Passenger bus involved in accident in Layyah.

GHOTKI/ DI KHAN: At least 10 people were killed and dozens of others were wounded in separate road accidents in Ghotki, Dera Ismail Khan, Layyah and Chichawatni on Sunday.

Four people were killed and two others injured when a car veered off the road and plunged into a ditch while coming from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s DI Khan’s Al Markalan village. 

Rescue officials confirmed that among the deceased were two brothers and a child and added that the bodies of the deceased and the injured had been shifted to a local hospital for medico-legal formalities and treatment, respectively.

In a separate tragic incident, three individuals were killed and more than eight were injured when a speeding truck overturned on Motorway M-5 near Sindh’s Ghotki.

Motorway Police said the deceased and injured were all from Muzaffargarh’s Alipur Jatoi area. Animals being transported in the truck were also injured in the incident, the police added.

In another road mishap, a speeding bus was involved in an accident near Nawan Kot, resulting in the death of two individuals and injuries to 26 others, rescue officials said. 

The passenger bus was travelling from Lahore to Karor Lal Esan, Layyah. Six of the injured are in critical condition and have been referred to Nishtar Hospital Multan for treatment.

Separately, a lawyer was killed and two others were injured when a car overturned in Iqbal Nagar area of Chichawatni. They were returning from 19/14 L village, said hospital officials.