MIRPURKHAS: A 45-year-old was killed in a hit-and-run accident at Jhuddo Bypass road near Dhoro Puran on Wednesday.

Police said the victim was mentally challenged and he was walking on a road when a fast-moving vehicle ran him over

The police shifted the body to the Rural Health Center, Jhuddo, for a want of identification and completing medico-legal formalities.

Tractor runs over woman

A woman was killed while another seriously injured when a recklessly-driven tractor hit them in Diamond Cotton and Ginning Factory at Sindhri Mirpurkhas Road, near Old Mirpur, on Wednesday.

A tractor driver hit Lachmi, 60, wife of Rano Meghwar, and Shremti Hato, wife of Lachman, while they were working in the cotton factory.

Shremti sustained serious wounds and was rushed to the Civil Hospital for first aid, while Lachmi died on the spot.

The body of the deceased, a resident of Prem Nagar, was shifted to the mortuary of the Civil Hospital, from where the corpse was handed over to the heirs after required medico-legal formality.

The injured woman was later referred to the Liaquat Medical University Hospital, Hyderabad, due to her serious condition. Old Mirpur police confiscated the tractor and detained the driver, Fareed Maganhar.

Published in Dawn, August 4th, 2022