One of 10 bodies handed over to family

KARACH: Only one of the 10 bodies of the victims of the bus accident in Nooriabad was handed over to the family on Monday evening. The victim, whose face was recognisable, was the van driver, 31-year-old Muhammad Ramzan, who was a resident of Nazimabad. “This was bhai’s [brother’s] second trip to Hyderabad on Sunday,” his younger brother, Ghulam Qadir, told The Express Tribune. “People are blaming my brother for the accident but it is not right. He left behind his wife and three-year-old son. We are also facing the same pain as others.”

At around 3:35am on Monday, the bodies were taken to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), where the doctors took their samples for DNA testing that will help identify them.

“The bodies were charred,” said JPMC’s joint executive director Dr Seemin Jamali, while talking to The Express Tribune.

The bodies were later moved to the Edhi morgue in Sohrab Goth. “We are waiting for the heirs of the two bodies that can be identified,” said Edhi morgue official Ghulam Hussain. “The remaining seven bodies cannot be handed over until the DNA reports confirm their identities.”  Seven injured people were also brought to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital and were released after first-aid.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 24^th, 2015.