By IANS
Patoki (Pakistan) : At least 14 people, including 12 school children, were killed when a speeding truck hit their motorized rickshaw Wednesday in the town, some 70 km south of provincial capital Lahore, in eastern Pakistan.
The accident occurred around 7.45 a.m. near a bridge when a truck coming from Multan hit the motorized rickshaw which was taking the children and some teachers to a school in Habibabad, Online news agency reported.
According to the police, the driver of the truck lost control of the vehicle and rammed it into the road divider. The truck then fell on the rickshaw, which was passing by.
The driver and 12 children in the rickshaw and an elderly man were killed on the spot, the police said.
The rickshaw was carrying 19 children between the ages of 7 and 11 when the speeding truck hit them, the police said.
The injured were rushed to the nearby hospital.