KARACHI: A police officer was killed and three others were injured in a road accident in the Mowach Goth area on Monday, police and rescuers said.

The policemen posted at Madadgar-15 were travelling in a mobile van when a fast-moving dumper truck hit their vehicle at a bridge near Mowach Goth.

Four policemen suffered serious injuries while their vehicle was damaged badly. They were taken to the nearby Murshid hospital, where doctors pronounced Assistant Sub-Inspector Iqbal Mohammed, 50, dead.

Constables Aijaz Ali, 45, Mir Hasan, 28, and Abdul Qayum, 46, were later shifted to the Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi for further treatment.

The Moachko police said the driver managed to escape from the scene leaving behind the dumper truck that was seized by the police.

Meanwhile, armed robbers shot dead a man, identified as Naseem Akbar, 50, upon resistance in Orangi Town on Monday night.

Published in Dawn, December 21st, 2021