Accident: Boy drowns in canal

Boy was playing at the bank when he slipped and fell into the canal

SUKKUR: A boy drowned in Naseer Shakh near Ramzan Sarki village near Thull on Thursday. Five-year-old Sardar Ali, son of Ghulam Abbas Sarki, was playing at the bank when he slipped and fell into the canal. People heard the boy’s screams and despite trying for an hour, they could not save him.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 12^th, 2011.