Fatal road carnage claims five lives

Accidents death toll exceeds 100, with two brothers crushed by trailer

KARACHI:

The city's roads continue to claim lives at an alarming pace, with five people, including two brothers from an impoverished family, killed, pushing death toll to 100 so far this year.

The latest spate of deadly crashes involved a trailer, a cement mixer, and unidentified vehicles, whose drivers fled the scene, once again highlighting the dangers posed by heavy vehicles and weak traffic enforcement in the metropolis.

A trailer ran over a donkey cart on the Site Super Highway, killing two brothers-24-year-old Tariq and 14-year-old Zameer-while critically injuring their 17-year-old brother, Hakeem.

The victims, residents of Hangoro Goth with ancestral roots in Dadu, belonged to a poor family and earned their livelihood by selling grass purchased from the vegetable market. The trailer driver fled the scene, but police seized the vehicle and launched a search operation to arrest the suspect.

In another accident near Ibrahim Hyderi Bridge at Korangi Crossing, a cement mixer rammed into a motorcycle, leaving two riders critically injured. The injured were identified as Muhammad Ibrahim, 35, and Adnan, 30, an executive event management employee at a private TV channel. The driver escaped, while police impounded the cement mixer.

Elsewhere, a 45-year-old motorcyclist, Abid, was killed near Shaheen Hotel in Sher Shah after being hit by an unidentified vehicle. In a separate incident on the Lyari Expressway, 13-year-old Ahmed Raza lost his life after being struck by a speeding unidentified vehicle.

Separately, 40-year-old Qasim was killed and another rider injured in a traffic accident on the Super Highway near DHA City Police are investigating the incident.

According to figures released by Chhipa, traffic accidents have claimed 100 lives in Karachi so far this year.