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4 Killed, 27 Injured in Traffic Accidents in Various Punjab Cities

Lahore, Faisalabad, Jhelum, Leah (November 3, 2017): Four people including four children and a British national woman was killed and another 18 people were injured in separate traffic accidents, three of which were smog-related, in five Punjab cities including provincial capital Lahore and in Faisalabad, Jhelum, Jahanian, and Kasur.

Three school-going children died and another 21 were injured in two separate fog-related accidents in Faisalabad, Jahanian, and Kasur.

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A speeding car crashed near Sabzazar area of Lahore injuring the four young car riders. The injured men were admitted in Jinnah Hospital.

In a fog-related accident 12 people were seriously injured when a passenger bus crashed on Sargodha Road in Faisalabad. The driver crashed after the driver tried to save a motorcyclist. Rescue workers shifted the injured people  to the Allied Hospital.

Meanwhile, a British national woman died and two others were injured in a traffic accident in Leah.

In another fog-related accident three school-going children died and another two persons were injured in a traffic accident in Jahanian near Leah. Rescue sources attributed dense fog for the deadly accident.

Seven people were injured in yet another smog-related traffic accident near Patoki area of Kasur.

It may be mentioned here that thick smog continue to blanket many cities of Punjab including the provincial capital Lahore.

According to Motorway officials, visibility has plunged to 25 -50 meters from Lahore to Bhera, as as thick smog continued to persist in the air.

The motorway police have issued instructions to drivers to reduce speed and switch on fog lights to avoid any untoward incident.

Smog, also known as ground-level ozone, is a thick yellowish black fog which suspends in the air. It is caused when air pollution, emissions and fumes combine with fog and sunlight, forming a thick layer of smoke-like film in the atmosphere. According to experts, emissions from industries and vehicles and cutting of trees worsen the phenomenon.

The Met Office has released a weather warning describing the smog — comprising nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide, sulphur dioxide and other aerosols — as a result of cold high pressure in the upper atmosphere. Suspended matter accumulates in the lower atmosphere, colliding with water vapour which causes a chain reaction that produces smog.

People may experience short-term skin and respiratory conditions such as eye irritation, coughing, throat/chest irritation and skin irritation as a result of smog.

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