A four-year-old boy was killed in a road accident on Saturday after being struck by a water tanker in Karachi’s Baldia Town, police and rescue officials confirmed.
The incident occurred near Abidabad, where the child, identified as Affan, son of Jasim, was reportedly playing and attempting to cross the road when he was hit, Express News reported.
Rescue teams rushed to the scene and moved the boy’s body to Civil Hospital Karachi. Police said an investigation is underway to determine the circumstances of the incident and trace the vehicle.
Authorities have not yet confirmed whether the tanker driver has been taken into custody.
Earlier this week, enraged mobs set afire at least nine heavy vehicles on the night between Wednesday and Thursday after a dumper hit a biker and the driver tried to escape.
Police later arrested over a dozen people identified with the help of CCTV and video footages.
Police high-ups also warned the tanker owners leader who had come to the site of a torched vehicle with heavily armed men challenging the arsonists.
Though the situation in the Central and East districts is under control with mainstream political and religious parties urging people to abide by the law, anger runs high in many sensitive areas.
According to statistics from the Chhipa Foundation, 80 lives have been lost in road accidents in just 99 days this year. Among the victims, 18 were killed by dump trucks, 31 by trailers, 17 by water tankers, five by Mazda trucks, and nine by speeding buses.
These stats represent not just numbers, but shattered families - each mourning the loss of a loved one.
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