8 dead, many injured in road accidents during Eid days

Another youth Sajjad, 25, sustained critical head injuries when his head struck with an electricity pole near Jia Baga. City Raiwind police said the victim was standing at the stepladder of the door of a moving train when the incident took place. He was immediately rushed to the Jinnah Hospital but succumbed to head injuries on the way.

In Kotlakhpat police limits, a 40-year-old man identified as Muhammad Khalil was crossing the road near Lahore General Hospital when a rashly driven car hit him.

The man, police said, died at the spot while the car rider managed to escape from the spot along with his vehicle.

Similarly, a youth, Muhammad Awais, lost his life in a road mishap took place in Ichra police limits. He was crossing the road near underpass when a speedy auto rickshaw crushed him. The youth sustained multiple injuries and was rushed to the Services Hospital where he expired.

Another man M Naveed, 35, succumbed to his injuries at the Mayo Hospital. He sustained critical head injuries when a speedy vehicle ran over him near Bhati Chowk.

A 70-year-old unidentified man was crushed to death by a speedy unknown car in Shahdara police limits. The victim was crossing the road.

Man dies in battery-like blast

A 35-year-old man died when a locally made battery-like explosive material went off in his hands in Manga Mandi police limits on first day of the Eid-ul-Fitr.