Heavy vehicles crush two bikers

KARACHI:

Fatal accidents involving heavy vehicles continued unabated in Karachi, as a water tanker and a truck killed two motorcyclists in separate incidents in different parts of the city.

Manghopir police arrested the water tanker driver Khan Muhammad involved in one accident, while the truck driver responsible for the other fled the scene, abandoning his vehicle.

The vehicle was seized and taken to the police station.

The victim could not be identified immediately, and his body was shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.

In a separate incident, a motorcyclist was killed when a truck loaded with sacks hit his motorcycle near Bhains Colony Mor. The body to Jinnah Hospital.

The victim, estimated to be around 32 years old, had not been identified immediately.

Meanwhile, a 17-year-old motorcyclist was killed and another teenager seriously injured after a speeding vehicle hit their motorcycle in Defence, while the driver fled the scene. The young bikers were seriously injured in the accident who were rushed to the Jinnah Hospital where 17-year-old Ali Faizan succumbed to his injuries while 18-year-old Ibrahim, was being treated at the hospital. Police said the residential addresses of the deceased and injured youths had not yet been ascertained.