A man driving a double-cabin SUV at high speed lost control of the vehicle which rammed into a roadside tea shop killing one person and injuring another on Sunday night. Enraged citizens set the vehicle on fire.
According to police a speeding vehicle heading from Disco Bakery towards Maskan Chowrangi, crashed through the green belt and ran over two citizens sitting on the opposite side enjoying tea at a roadside teashop.
District East spokesperson identified the deceased as 42-year-old Saleem and the injured as Zeeshan.
SHO Gulshan Iqbal Naeem Rajput said three people, including the driver of the vehicle, were taken into custody and shifted to police station for further investigation.
Two young lives lost
Two young cousins were killed in a road accident involving a recklessly-driven trailer on Shahrah-e-Liaquat near New Chali Chowk on Saturday night.
According to their family, the victims Zahid Ali and Noor Aslam had gone out for tea on Saturday night when their motorcycle was struck by a trailer near Sindh Madrassatul Islam College, killing them on the spot.
The Methadar police registered a case under Section 320 of the Pakistan Penal Code on the complaint of Yaseen, the maternal uncle of the deceased. Police arrested the trailer driver at the scene.
The victims were laid to rest at Mewa Shah graveyard. Their funeral prayers were attended by grieving family members and a large number of local residents.
Citywide crackdown against dumpers
The dumper association failed to hand over a dumper and its driver who violated rules on Sharae Faisal. A video of a dumper went viral, showing the driver not only speeding in violation of traffic rules, but also fleeing when a traffic patrol car tried to stop him.
All dumper associations were instructed to hand over the dumper and the driver to the police for a case to be registered against him, and for legal action to be taken. The Dumper Association President, Liaquat Mehsud, and others, initially sought time but later reneged on their promise, failing to produce both the dumper and the driver.
As a result, a crackdown was launched last night, resulting in challans and heavy fines being issued to 142 dumpers, 27 dumpers being seized.
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