KARACHI, July 26: Four persons, including, a minor child and an elderly woman, died in various accidents here on Wednesday.
Four-year-old Mohammad Usman, resident of Orangi Town, was injured seriously when a recklessly driven coach ran him over near Qalanderiya Hotel in Orangi Town. He was taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival. The errant driver managed to escape but the police impounded the coach.
Ghulam Zuhra, a 50-year-old pedestrian woman, was injured critically when a recklessly driven dumper knocked her down near the People’s Stadium, while she was crossing Maripur Road in the Kalri police limits. The injured woman was rushed to the Civil Hospital, where she breathed her last. The police arrested Nisar Ahmed, the errant driver, and impounded his dumper.
Muhammad Arif, 25, a resident of Sector 16 Orangi Town fell off a moving coach in Gulshan-i-Bihar locality of Orangi Town and died on the spot.
An unidentified 50-year-old man was run over and killed on the spot by a hit-and-run vehicle in Agra Taj Colony in the Kalri police limits. The body was shifted to the Civil Hospital for autopsy.
MISSING FISHERMEN: At least three bodies of the fishermen, who went missing after the fishing trawler they were on board sank in the open sea on Tuesday, were retrieved on Wednesday.
Seven fishermen had managed to reach the shore after their fishing trawler capsized. They said that 17 fishermen were on board and 10 went missing. The search for the seven others continued.
