KARACHI, Jan 25: Three people, including a woman, were killed on Thursday in separate traffic accidents. A hit-and run vehicle knock down a 22-year-old man near a hospital in the limits of Steel Town police on the National Highway.

The deceased was shifted to the Jinnah Hospital where he was identified as Merajuddin, a resident of Pipri.

A 60-year-old woman was hit and killed by a mini-bus in Liaquatabad. Her body was shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.

Police said the victim, Salamat Bibi, was a housemaid and mother of seven.

A 29-year-old man was crushed to death by a Hyderabad-bound bus on the Super Highway. The body was shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where the victim remained unidentified until being sent to the Edhi Morgue.

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