Minor girl killed in road accident

KARACHI:

An eight-year-old girl was killed and her mother injured in a traffic accident on Super Highway near Gadap City, while a seriously injured pedestrian succumbed to his wounds in Jinnah Hospital after being hit in Ayub Goth.

According to rescue officials, the girl was identified as eight-year-old Ayesha daughter of Nadeem. Her mother, 28-year-old Nazia wife of Nadeem, is receiving medical treatment. Officials said the family was on a motorcycle when the woman's shawl got entangled in the bike's chain. The girl fell onto the road and suffered a serious internal head injury that proved fatal, while her mother was injured in the fall. Edhi volunteers shifted the child's body to a private hospital near Super Highway Toll Plaza, after which the family took her home.