Police van accidentally overruns motorcyclist in Thekriwala

A 45-year-old man riding a motorcycle was killed and several others were injured when a police van accidentally overran him on Nadwala Road on Wednesday.

The deceased was identified as Tayyab. The brakes of the police van, which was being driven by Hawaldar Tahir, failed near the Nishat Cinema.

This resulted in the van hitting a rickshaw in front of it. The rickshaw in turn knocked off the motorcyclist Tayyab and the police van then overran him.

The rickshaw driver too was said to have received some serious injuries.

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Meanwhile, a protest against the accident ensued in which some angry people blocked the road and chanted slogans against the police.

Some of the more enraged protestors even grabbed the driver of the police van and locked him in a shop. He was also allegedly beaten up.

In July, a 60-year-old man was crushed to death while his son was injured allegedly after a police van hit them in the Daira Din Panah, Muzaffargarh.

Police claimed they received information about two robbers escaping on a motorcycle after a robbery. A police team led by Sub-Inspector Siddique Gujjar started chasing the suspected robbers but its van hit their motorcycle. Resultantly, 60-year-old Sarfraz died on the spot while his son Naeem suffered injuries.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 29^th, 2021.