KARACHI, Dec 10: Six labourers, were killed in a road accident on the Northern Bypass early on Sunday morning. Police said that coming from Nawabshah and destined for Hub carrying wood, the truck rammed into a pile of gravel dumped on the road for carpeting.
Meanwhile, a second truck crashed into the already stranded truck, killing all the six laborers who were busy in retrieving their vehicle.
They were identified as Luqman, Rafiq, Ashraf, Rahim, Ghulam Muhammad and Muhammad Akbar.
Police who arrived at the spot following the accident said that almost all the victims died on the spot. Their bodies were sent to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for legal formalities.
The deceased belonged to Qazi Ahmed tehsil in Nawabshah district, police said.
Police said that errant driver of the second truck escaped from the spot, reportedly in a wounded state.
ARRESTED: Police on Sunday busted a gang of five men involved in the cash snatching in Ittehad Town.
Station house officer of the Machko police station said that the suspects were identified as Asad, Nasir, Anwar, Abdullah and Jehangir.
They have been involved in the 22 cases of cash and cellphone snatchings in Baldia town and Shershah, SHO Shahbaz Mughal said.
They have been identified by a complainant whom they had deprived of Rs25,000 and cellphones last month in the same area.
“10 cellphones and four TT pistols were recovered from their possession,” the station house officer said.
