LAHORE: Six members of the same family were killed in a tragic car accident in Lahore’s Defence Phase 7 area late on Saturday night, police said Sunday.

According to the police, the ill-fated family was returning to their Shadab Colony home on Ferozepur Road in two cars when one of the cars rammed into the other near Defence Phase 7. The victims were identified as Muhammad Hussain, 22, Rukhsana, 52, Anyiba, 3, Huzafa, 4 months, Sajad, 26, and Aysha, 22.

According to Rescue 1122, the accident occurred in Defence-C area when three recklessly driven vehicles collided with one another. As a result, at least six people including two children, two women and two men were severely injured.