Three youth were killed while one was injured in Lahore on Wednesday when the car they were travelling in skidded off the road and hit the footpath, reported 24News HD TV channel.  

According to reports, the car caught fire soon after hitting the footpath in Gulberg area of the provincial capital.

The Rescue officials soon reached the site of the accident and shifted the four injured (all residents of WAPDA Town) to Jinnah Hospital where three namely Suleman, Ismael and Ghulam Muhayyuddin succumbed to their injuries while the fourth one namely Abdur Rahim was still under treatment till last reports came in. 

Police told media that the incident happened as the driver failed to keep control due to fast speed of the car. 

Both the dead and the injured were aged between 16 and 23 years, police concluded.  

Reporter Waqas Ahmed