KARACHI: Two dumpers were set on fire by a mob after a teenage motorcycle rider was killed in a fatal incident in Korangi late Sunday night, police said on Monday.

Officials added that the dumper hit and killed motorcycle rider Hamza Farooq, 13, in Korangi-6. Area residents caught the driver, Kamal Gul, and subjected him to a beating before the Zaman Town police arrived and took him into custody.

The angry residents then set his dumper on fire. Another dumper which was passing through the area, was also intercepted and set ablaze by the mob. Police managed to rescue its driver, Abdul Raheem.

A traffic police official said the accident occurred at around 11:30pm in Korangi-6.

According to initial information, the dumper driver was allegedly driving negligently and at excessive speed when the vehicle hit the motorcycle from behind and ran over the 13-year-old.

The deceased’s body was shifted to the Jinnah Hospital for medico-legal formalities.

Zaman Town SHO Ayaz Khan told Dawn that the police had registered an FIR under Sections 320 (manslaughter), 279 (rash and negligent driving), 427 (damage to property) and 337-G (causing hurt by a rash or negligent act) of the Pakistan Penal Code.

Published in Dawn, September 8th, 2026