Eight people were killed and 12 others injured as a van, taking some Christians to a religious ceremony in Maryamabad, hit a roadside tree. Police said the van was going to Maryamabad, Khankah Dogran to participate in a religious fair. It met the accident when the driver tried to save the van from an overtaking bus.
The vehicle went out of control and crashed into a tree along the road at Sarkari, Sargodha Road, Farooqabad, Sadar police limits. Resultantly, eight people died on the spot and 12 were injured, shifted to the district headquarters hospital.
Police said the dead were identified as Vicky Masih, Gulfam Ashraf, Emanual while the identity of other injured persons could not be ascertained. Mithu, Chanda, Chan Masih, Peter, Ashfaq and Karamat were among the injured.