videopokerforrealmoney|5 killed in motorbike-car collision in Pakistan's Punjab

ISLAMABADvideopokerforrealmoney, June 18 (Xinhua) -- At least five people of a same family were killed and another injured on Tuesday in a collision between a car and a motorbike in Sheikhupura district of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, the rescue service reported.

According to the rescue service, the accident took place after midnight on Sheikhupura road near Sacha Sauda area of the district when a car hit the motorbike coming from the opposite direction, resulting in the casualties of five people riding on the motorbike.

Following the incident, the rescue workers reached the site and shifted the victims to a local hospital, said the rescue service, adding that the accident occurred due to over-speeding of the car.

The deceased included a young father along with his two boys and two girls while his young niece suffered injuries, said the rescue service.

The car driver managed to escape the site taking advantage of the darkness, it added.

Reportedly, the ill-fated family was from Sheikhupura's neighboring Lahore city and went there to meet relatives on the occasion of Muslim's Eid al-Adha festival.■