ISLAMABAD: At least 12 people, including six members of a family, were killed and scores of others injured in separate traffic mishaps due to den
se fog in various
areas of Punjab.
According to a private TV news channel, six people of a family were killed when their car plunged into a canal on Shujaabad Road near Multan due to den
se fog. The bodies were taken out immediately after the re
scue agencies reached the site.
In another incident, a tractor-trolley hit a motorcycle in Vehari, killing two persons on the spot. Two brothers were crushed to death by a dumper on Sargodha Road near Sillanwali, while four passengers were injured in collision between a bus and a tractor-trolley in Narowal.
Meanwhile, the Met Office has predicted rain with snowfall over hills at isolated places in Malakand, Hazara divisions, upper FATA, Kashmir a
nd Gilgit-Baltistan.
According to Met Office, cold and dry weather is expected elsewhere in the country. Den
se foggy c
onditions are likely to prevail over plain
areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and upper Sindh, it said.
