Six killed, four injured in M9 Motorway accident

Victims were riding on the back of a mini-truck which collided with a trailer

HYDERABAD:

Reckless driving and lax enforcement of the road and travel safety rules by the National Highway and Motorway Police (NH&MP) took lives of six labourers in an accident between a mini truck and a trailer on M9 Motorway. The incident, which also injured four persons, happened near Lunikot in Jamshoro district on Monday.

The deceased persons, identified as 28-year-old Nanji Thakur, 30-year-old Imdad Hussain Khoso, 28-year-old Amerji Kacchi, 35-year-old Ramesh Kacchi, Jetan Thakur and Ramesh Thakur, belonged to Khuwaja stop area of Tando Allahyar district. They worked in that district’s vegetable and fruit market as labourers and were transporting java plum to the vegetable and fruit market in Karachi.

All of them were reportedly sitting in the rear open part of the mini truck which is itself a violation of the motorway safety regulations. According to Jamshoro police, four persons died on the spot and two others breathed their last in Liaquat University Hospital, Hyderabad.

The injured Vikram, Danish and Mukesh Kumar, who also belonged to the same area, were taken to the same hospital. The dead bodies of deceased persons were shifted to their hometown after the medico legal formalities. The Jamshoro police are yet to lodge an FIR of the incident.

Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah while taking notice of the Nooriabad road accident and loss of lives had directed to provide medical treatment to injured persons in the accident.

CM House Spokesman MPA Imdad Patafi called the chief minister and informed him about the accident. Murad directed Imdad Patafi to offer condolences to the families of the deceased. Financial assistance should be given to the families of the bereaved families and injured persons, the CM added.