ISLAMABAD, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- Four people were killed and 19 others injured in a road accident in east Pakistan's Punjab province on Tuesday, the police said.
The incident took place in Dera Ghazi Khan district where a passenger van skidded off a highway when taking a sharp turn to avoid crashing into a rickshaw which suddenly appeared on the road, according to the police.
The injured have been shifted to a nearby hospital and several of them were said to be in critical condition.
The accident disrupted road traffic until the rescue teams removed the van from the road. ■
