Karachi Fatal Accidents Rash Driving and Public Outrage
According to details, rescue 1122 said the accident occurred at the Sargodha Road near bypass, where a rashly driven dumper hit a motorcycle, killing a woman and her daughter on the spot and injuring another person, the private news channel reported.
Police and rescue teams reached the spot after being informed and shifted the dead and injured to the District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital.
Earlier, a trailer crushed two youths to death in the old city area near Boulton Market in the wee hours of Sunday, police said.
Infuriated people tried to beat the trailer driver, Abid Ali, but the police saved him and took him into custody.
The deceased youth, identified as Noor Muhammad and Zahid, were residents of the Usmanabad area of Lyari, police said.
Police have registered a case of traffic mishap against the trailer driver for reckless driving at Meethadar police station.
Karachi’s Dumpers: A Symptom of Neglect, Not Politics
It is to be mentioned here that 11 heavy vehicles were set ablaze by angry mobs recently after an incident in North Karachi.
Later, a citizen, Adnan, was hit to death by a trailer at Vita Chowrangi. He was a security supervisor at a private company.
Another incident took place at Mansehra Colony in Landhi where a trailer killed a motorbike rider, Masood Kha, a 25-year-old. Police arrested the trailer driver after the incident.
Heavy vehicles, dumpers, trailers, water tankers, and trucks have claimed several lives in the port city of Karachi in recent months and weeks, resulting in public anger and frustration.
City authorities failed to provide road safety to citizens of the metropolis, where the lack of proper public transport system, people mostly use two wheelers to commute for offices, markets and workplace.
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