Two dead, one injured in Do Darya car crash

Stretch of road along beach notorious for illegal racing, accidents


Our Correspondent May 07, 2022

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KARACHI:

At least two men were killed and one was injured when a speeding car overturned and caught fire near the Do Darya area along the Sea View beach on Friday.

The deceased were identified as Rehan Danish, 25, and Dawood Umar, 28, while Wahid, is under treatment at a hospital.

The Do Darya, once a meeting point of two seasonal streams entering the sea, besides being famous for a cluster of seafront restaurants is a popular illegal racing stretch.

According to Sahil police station officials, the speeding car collided with a pole and overturned before catching fire. The fire caused thick clouds of smoke in the sky which could be seen from several kilometers away. Police and rescue workers rushed to the spot upon information and immediately called the fire brigade. Firefighters rushed to the scene and contained the blaze while the rescue workers shifted the injured to Dr Ruth KM Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi, which has the best government-run burns ward in the city.

According to rescue officials, one of the passengers died on the way to hospital, while another succumbed to his injuries after being treated for some time. The dead were identified as Rehan Danish, 25, and Dawood Umar, 28, while Wahid, the injured survivor is being treated at the hospital.

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The families of the deceased have taken the bodies to their homes at Defense Phase VIII, declining to talk the media.

According to the police officials, the accident took place due to high speed. Several accidents have been reported in the recent past at Do Darya in which many precious lives have been lost. The accidents have not stopped despite placement of barriers on the Sea View and construction of speed breakers at various points near Do Darya.

South district SSP Traffic Ghulam Nabi Kerio said that the driver of the vehicle was either speeding or talking on the phone.

SSP Kerio said the place where the accident took place is not populated and therefore, people come here for speed tests and illegal racing.

Traffic police continue to warn drivers, issue traffic challans and even detain underage drivers, SSP Kerio said adding, "unless the parents discipline the children, juvenile delinquency like illegal car and bike racing cannot be stopped."

Though the traffic police detain underage drivers and release them on an undertaking by parents, in Friday's accidents, all of the victims were young adults.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 7th, 2022.

COMMENTS (2)

anonymous | 2 years ago | Reply Rehan Iqbal and Dawood Omer were literal 9th graders hardly in their late teens. This is heartbreaking for all of us who knew them both. May allah grant them the highest place in Jannah.
Farhan Naseem | 2 years ago | Reply May God rest their soul in peace. Please visit https madvertising.pk for advertising services.
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