KARACHI: Two die in road accidents

Published November 29, 2004

KARACHI, Nov 28: Two persons died in road accidents in different parts of the city on Sunday. In Gulberg, an elderly man died in a hit-and-run accident near Aisha Manzil.

Police said that 65-year-old pedestrian was crossing the main road when the accident occurred. His body was shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for legal formalities.

Later, the body was sent to the Edhi morgue for identification, police added. On M.A. Jinnah Road, a speeding vehicle knocked down an elderly man to death. ccording to police, Qazi Zaheer, 64, was hit by a recklessly driven vehicle near Taj Medical Complex.

They said that the seriously injured man was rushed to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, where he died during treatment. Police said that the victim hailed from Kotri.

In Bhit Shah Island, a three-year-old boy died after falling from the third floor of a building in the limits of Docks police station. Police said that Mohammad Abid was playing at the roof of his house when he fell. He was rushed to the Civil Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival.

DROWNED: A minor boy died when he fell into an underground water tank of his house in Qasba Colony. Police said that Zain, 2, was playing in his house when he drowned into an underground water tank. After a few hours of his death, his parents started looking for him.

They found his body floating in the water tank, which was not properly covered. According to the police, the incident occurred due to the negligence on part of parents.

KILLED: A middle-aged man was killed by unknown persons in Korangi early on Sunday morning. Police said that the body of Altaf Husain was found with torture marks from a desolated place in Korangi.

BURNS: A young man suffered serious burns when he attempted to commit suicide in his house in Shamsi Society, Malir on Sunday. Police said that Shabbir, 22, attempted to commit suicide after pouring kerosene oil on himself. He was rushed to the Civil Hospital where he was admitted in the burns ward. Doctors said that the victim had suffered 85 per cent burns.

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