An eyewitness recounted heart-rending details of a tragic road crash in which a recklessly driven water tanker mowed down a young man and his pregnant wife and caused premature birth of their baby who also died on the spot.
The young couple, identified as Abdul Qayum and his wife Zainab and residents of Malir Cantt, were returning home after a pre-delivery check-up at Kohi Goth Hospital when the accident happened near Malir Halt Flyover in Model Colony.
"We, me and my wife, were riding past Malir Halt on our motorcycle when the tragic accident happened," eyewitness Mashkoor Khan said while speaking exclusively to The Express Tribune.
"My wife was the first to spot the recklessly driven water tanker coming from the wrong side of the road," he recalled. "I also saw it as it brushed against three or four vehicles before running over a sidewalk and crushing a motorcycle-borne couple."
Khan shuddered with horror as he recalled how the tanker dragged the motorcycle under its massive wheels for a considerable distance. "The woman's body was torn, womb split, and unborn baby hanging onto umbilical cord," he said sending chills down this scribe's spine.
Two elderly women passersby rushed to cover the fatally injured woman and cut the umbilical cord in an effort to save the baby which was breathing. "I requested an onlooker to rush the newborn to the nearest hospital to save its life," Khan recalled. "I followed the man to the hospital, but unfortunately the doctors couldn't save the baby."
A video clip has gone viral on social media which shows a motorcyclist at the crash site rushing with a baby to hospital as onlookers scream in shock. The couple had already died on the spot.
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