KARACHI: A picnic outing turned into a tragedy when four members of a family, including two children, were killed and six others injured in an accident on Mauripur Road on Tuesday morning, police and hospital officials said.

They said that the victim family originally hailed from Punjab.

South DIG Syed Asad Raza said the family was returning from the Hawkesbay beach in a car when the man driving the vehicle apparently lost control due to speeding. The car crashed into the wall of a storm drain on the main Mauripur Road at around 9am, resulting in the deaths of four persons and injuries to six others.

The deceased were identified as Yusuf Deen Dogar, 45, his daughters — Zainab, 7, and Ayesha, 10 — and their relative, Khalida Kashif, 45.

The injured included Dogar’s wife, Saba, 42, and their two more children — Fatima, 11, and Husain, 5.

Three injured children of Ms Kashif were identified as Sahar, Zain and Yunisha.

The bodies and injured were shifted to the Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi.

Police surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed said the condition of three injured was critical.

“All the victims belonged to the same family,” the DIG said, adding that initial investigations suggested speeding as the likely cause of the accident.

Man dies as truck collides with trailer

In another incident, a man was killed and three others were injured in a collision between a trailer and a truck on Superhighway near New Sabzi Mandi.

Police and rescue officials said the deceased was identified as Gianchand, 39, and the injured as Ata Mohammed, 40, Pariyo, 40, and an unidentified man in his mid-30s.

The injured persons were shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for treatment.

Published in Dawn, July 16th, 2025