Five passengers lost their lives and another critically injured when a truck rammed into a rickshaw near Indus Highway No 74 in Rajanpur on Sunday morning, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

The dead included two real brothers — Niaz Ahmed and Mukhtar Ahmed — both died on the spot.

Rescue 1122 and Umerkot Police personnel rushed to the spot and shifted the bodies to a hospital.  

The truck driver managed to run away from the accident site.

Reporter Khurram Shehzad