KARACHI, Sept 24: Three persons died in separate road accidents in different parts of the city on Monday.

Police said two persons, including a young boy, died on Mauripur Road while a woman was knocked to death in a hit-and-run accident in the Baloch Colony area.

The station house officer of the Kalri police station said that eight-year-old Mohsin was crushed to death by a pickup truck on Mauripur Road and 18-year-old Zubair was crushed by a fast-moving trailer (LSC 181) on the opposite track of the road.

“We have impounded the lorry but its driver has escaped, while the other accident was a hit-and-run accident,” the SHO said.

Both accidents happened in a short span of time, he added. The bodies were sent to the Civil Hospital Karachi for legal formalities.

In another accident, an unidentified woman died in a hit-and-run accident in Baloch Colony on Monday evening.

Police said the unknown woman was knocked down by a speeding vehicle in the Karachi Administrative Society.

The victim was taken to the Jinnah Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Following the legal formalities, the body was sent to the Edhi morgue for identification, the police added.