Man killed, two injured by speeding tanker

KARACHI: A man was killed and two others were injured when a speeding water tanker crashed into two vehicles, after which it rammed into a paint shop on University Road near Safoora Chowrangi, on Tuesday. The tanker collided with a school van, as well as a hi-roof van whilst speeding.

As a result, a retired Pakistan Air Force officer, identified as 50-year-old Noshad was killed. Meanwhile, the school van's driver, Muhammad Zeeshan, and the hi-roof's driver, Muhammad Ali, were injured. Zeeshan's condition is said to be unstable.

The truck hit Noshad, claiming his life, while he was seeing his children off to school as they were getting into their school van. Both the children, however, remained safe.

The paint shop owner is claiming that he has faced a huge loss due to the accident as the tanker shoved into the shop and had to be taken out with the help of crane. He has stated that the vehicle destroyed the shop's shutters, machines and the paint buckets kept inside.

According to Sachal Police, the police have arrested the tanker driver Noora and shifted the wrecked vehicles to the police station. They are, however, searching for the young man who was driving the tanker.

Noora told The Express Tribune that he and the tanker owner's son was travelling to the Safoora water hydrant, and while he was asleep the tanker was being driven by the tanker owner's son Irfan. He added that upon waking up, he found Irfan absent from the driving seat and the tanker stuffed in the shop.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 26^th, 2020.