Reckless driver caught for crushing family

Suspect fired aerial shots to intimidate people rushing to catch him

RAWALPINDI:

A man driving his car at high speed hit and crushed a family going on a motorcycle, leaving the biker dead, his wife and minor son seriously injured.

The suspect, after knocking down the victims, fired aerial shots to intimidate people who were rushing to the accident site to catch him.

However, he could not go far. Emergency calls to police alerted Saddar police station SHO Malik Allah Yar who was on patrol near the crime scene. His squad chased the said vehicle and caught the suspect identified as Saqlain Waheed.

Regarding the deceased, Ata Mustafa, the police officials told that he worked as a security guard in a bank. The injured include five-year-old, Abdullah and Mustafa’s wife, Naureen Bibi.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 17^th, 2020.