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Summary Two children were crushed to death when a garbage truck fell on their donkey cart.
The driver of the truck escaped from the accident site on Bund Road, Lahore. Four children were reported trapped under the truck, out of them the bodies of two have been recovered. Police and rescue organisations rushed to the sites while Edhi charity draped the bodies of the ill-fated children in white sheets marked with the organisation’s logos.The residents said it has become a routine for the containers and luggage to be transported in an unsafe way. They also complained of overspeeding by motorists on the road that houses terminals of transport companies.Eye-witnesses said the accident took place when a tyre of the tractor burst. The injured were shifted to hospital for treatment.
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