According to the Rescue 1122, eight members of a nomad’s family, including women and children, were killed when a speeding oil tanker ran over their huts at Lodhran district, some 80 kms from Multan, on Monday.
At least 17 people were killed and 1,128 others injured in 1,063 road traffic accidents in Punjab during the last 24 hours.
As many as 608 seriously injured people were shifted to different hospitals, while 520 with minor injuries were treated at the incident site by rescue medical teams, said a spokesman for Rescue 1122, here on Sunday.
The analysis showed that 554 drivers, 35 underage drivers, 173 pedestrians and 418 passengers were among the victims of the road traffic crashes.
The statistics showed that 249 accidents were reported in Lahore, which affected 249 persons, placing the provincial capital at top of the list, followed by 63 in Faisalabad, with 74 victims and at third Multan with 62 victims.
As many as 897 motorcycles, 75 rickshaws, 118 cars, 22 vans, 19 buses, 34 trucks and 115 other vehicles and slow-moving carts were involved in the road traffic accidents.
Nine people of same family were killed when their vehicle met an accident on way to Manchar lake from Thatta in Sindh province.
It said that a good number of nomad families were asleep in their huts when the speeding oil tanker ploughed into them killing eight on the spot and leaving four injured.
The Rescue 1122 said that the driver of the tanker lost control over the vehicle after one of the tyres burst.
The driver managed to flee and a case has been registered against him.
In a separate incident, seven members of a family were killed when a bus hit a car in Okara, some 130kms from Lahore.
The Rescue 1122 said that a Lahore-bound bus hit a car while trying to avoid collision with an auto rickshaw in Okara.
The accident was so fatal that the car was completely crushed and all inmates—Muhammad Sajid, his wife, his two minor daughters, his mother and two nephews—were killed on the spot.
The driver of the bus has been arrested.