Punjab: Teen killed as pickup vehicle falls into canal near Rawalpindi

Hoshiarpur (Punjab), Jul 5 (PTI) A 15-year-old boy died when a pickup vehicle, carrying 25 migrant labourers, fell into a canal on the Garhshankar-Kot Fatuhi road here, police said on Saturday.

Police said the driver lost control of the vehicle on Friday night while trying to save an animal. It fell into the Bist Doab canal near the Rawalpindi turn.

Akash, a resident of Badaun in Uttar Pradesh died on the spot, while the other passengers were rescued by passersby.

The body has been sent to the Civil Hospital in Garhshankar for a post-mortem examination. Further investigation is underway. PTI COR CHS ANM ANM OZ OZ