Speed kills: Two A’ Level students die in road accident on Khy-e-Ittehad
Witnesses say the car was speeding on the wrong side of the road.
KARACHI:
Two A' Level students, Sarah Kasim, 17, and Muhammad Humayun Zia, 18, were killed in a road accident on Khayaban-e-Ittehad on Friday afternoon at roughly 2pm.
The car (ALM-909) that Humayun was driving hit an electric pole just after the Sakina Sultan masjid signal on the main road. The car then collided with some bricks lying on the roadside near a bungalow which damaged its front severely.
The car was coming from the wrong side, and according to the police and witnesses, the accident took place due to over-speeding. There were no tyre screech marks on the roads, said a witness. When the rescue team arrived at the scene, the two bodies were lying on the road.
"The car was speeding but I don't understand why they were driving on the wrong side of the road," said the guard at a nearby bungalow.
Humayun's friends believe someone was coming after them.
"Some miscreants suddenly began chasing their car," said Hashim Asif, one of Humayun's school friends. "In his attempt to escape, Humayun steered the car to the wrong side of the road and accelerated the speed up to 120 kilometres per hour and lost control."
A sub-inspector at Darakhshan police station, Safdar, told The Express Tribune that the driver seemed to have lost control of the vehicle. "He was not a good driver according to his family and he possibly lost control when the car accelerated," he said.
The teenage boy was wearing shalwar kameez while the girl was wearing her school uniform. "It seems the boy was dropping the girl to her house after school," the policeman said. "It was just an accident and I don't think they were being chased by anyone," Safdar clarified.
Sarah died on the spot and her body was taken to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), where Humayun was also taken for treatment in critical condition. The staff at JPMC said they were very upset when they saw the bodies of the young students. "We see several cases every day but this accident shook everyone," said JPMC joint-director Dr Seemin Jamali.
Later, Humayun was taken to Aga Khan Hospital, where he also succumbed to his injuries. According to the police and hospital sources, he was the only son of his parents.
Sarah had recently joined Nixor College for A' Levels while Humayun had joined Southshore School for A-Levels Studies. "Both of them were close friends," one of Humayun's friends told The Express Tribune. "I know he didn't drive at a very high speed," she said, adding that he was a very simple boy.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 20th, 2014.
Two A' Level students, Sarah Kasim, 17, and Muhammad Humayun Zia, 18, were killed in a road accident on Khayaban-e-Ittehad on Friday afternoon at roughly 2pm.
The car (ALM-909) that Humayun was driving hit an electric pole just after the Sakina Sultan masjid signal on the main road. The car then collided with some bricks lying on the roadside near a bungalow which damaged its front severely.
The car was coming from the wrong side, and according to the police and witnesses, the accident took place due to over-speeding. There were no tyre screech marks on the roads, said a witness. When the rescue team arrived at the scene, the two bodies were lying on the road.
"The car was speeding but I don't understand why they were driving on the wrong side of the road," said the guard at a nearby bungalow.
Humayun's friends believe someone was coming after them.
"Some miscreants suddenly began chasing their car," said Hashim Asif, one of Humayun's school friends. "In his attempt to escape, Humayun steered the car to the wrong side of the road and accelerated the speed up to 120 kilometres per hour and lost control."
A sub-inspector at Darakhshan police station, Safdar, told The Express Tribune that the driver seemed to have lost control of the vehicle. "He was not a good driver according to his family and he possibly lost control when the car accelerated," he said.
The teenage boy was wearing shalwar kameez while the girl was wearing her school uniform. "It seems the boy was dropping the girl to her house after school," the policeman said. "It was just an accident and I don't think they were being chased by anyone," Safdar clarified.
Sarah died on the spot and her body was taken to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), where Humayun was also taken for treatment in critical condition. The staff at JPMC said they were very upset when they saw the bodies of the young students. "We see several cases every day but this accident shook everyone," said JPMC joint-director Dr Seemin Jamali.
Later, Humayun was taken to Aga Khan Hospital, where he also succumbed to his injuries. According to the police and hospital sources, he was the only son of his parents.
Sarah had recently joined Nixor College for A' Levels while Humayun had joined Southshore School for A-Levels Studies. "Both of them were close friends," one of Humayun's friends told The Express Tribune. "I know he didn't drive at a very high speed," she said, adding that he was a very simple boy.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 20th, 2014.