KARACHI: Two friends were killed in a hit-and-run accident on Mai Kolachi Road on early Thursday morning, police said.

Docks SHO Pervez Ali Solangi said the friends, Saleem and Rafiq, were riding a motorbike when an unknown vehicle hit them near Bahria College.

They suffered critical injuries and were taken to the Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi where doctors pronounced them dead.

The deceased were residents of Machhar Colony.

Minor boy, aunt drown

A minor boy and his maternal aunt drowned after falling into the Hub river on Thursday, rescue services said.

An Edhi Foundation spokesperson said that a family of Orangi Town had gone for a picnic. Five-year-old Abdullah while playing fell into the river and drowned. His maternal aunt, Faiza Bibi, 30, jumped to save him, but she also drowned.

Edhi divers launched a rescue operation but could not trace the boy and the woman till sunset.

Published in Dawn, July 22nd, 2022