Naval officer dies in hit-and-run
A naval officer was killed and three persons injured in separate road accidents in the city on Monday. A motorcyclist was killed after being hit by a passenger coach in Pak Colony. The body was shifted to Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital for medico-legal formalities, while the coach driver fled from the spot. According to Pak Colony SHO Rehmatullah, the deceased was identified as naval officer Abdul Sattar, 35. He added that the police were searching for the driver. Meanwhile, a speeding car rammed into a rickshaw at the Korangi Bridge in Shah Faisal Colony, leaving a woman, her daughter and the rickshaw driver injured. The wounded were shifted to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for treatment. Passersby apprehended the car driver and handed him over to the police.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 6th, 2020.