Truck runs over man, overturns on car

Eight-year-old boy drowns after falling in pit filled with rainwater

Four people, including a teenager and a child, were killed and two others were injured in separate accidents in the city on Monday.

An elderly man was killed and another was injured when a 22-wheeler trailer truck carrying a container overturned near Ahsanabad police post in Gulshan-e-Maymar.

CCTV footage of the accident, shared on social media, showed the truck first running over a pedestrian who had just disembarked from a passenger bus and then flipping over onto a car. The truck had reportedly overturned after its brakes failed when the driver tried to avoid colliding with the bus.

The body and injured were taken to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medico-legal formalities and treatment, respectively. The deceased was identified as Muhammad Ramzan, 63, and the injured as Saifullah, 50.

According to the SITE Super Highway police, the driver and cleaner fled from the spot after the incident. However, the police have impounded the truck.

Meanwhile, a youth riding a motorcycle was killed when a speeding car rammed into him near Raees Goth on the Northern Bypass. The body was shifted to Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital for medico-legal formalities, where the deceased was identified as Azizullah, 16.

Separately, a man was killed and another was injured as a speeding vehicle hit them in Sher Shah. The body and injured were shifted to Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital, where the deceased was identified as Muhammad Naeem, 27, and the injured as Muhammad Ismail, 27.

Moreover, a child died after drowning in a pit filled with rainwater in Chanesar Goth. The body was shifted to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for medico-legal formalities, while the deceased was identified as eight-year-old Ranveer Masih.

The family refused to carry out police procedures and took the body with them.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 11^th, 2020.