A motorcyclist died and his pillion-rider was injured when they were hit by a speeding vehicle in Defence Housing Authority. Police said that Shamimur Rahman, aged 36, and Faisal Sami, aged 20, were knocked down by a private car (ABD-247) in Khayaban-i-Ittehad, Phase-5, DHA. Shamim died on the spot.

Police said that the driver of the car, who was identified as Dr Nayyar, shifted the injured to Jinnah Post-graduate Medical Centre (JPMC). But the person who had brought the injured to the hospital slipped away from the hospital.

A young man died in a road accident on Dalmia Road in the morning.

Police said that Aftab Ali Shaikh, aged 20, riding on a motorcycle (SKD-3541), was hit by a speeding passenger bus of route 52-B (JA-6353). He was seriously injured, and rushed to the JPMC where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival.

The bus driver drove off after the accident.

A 16-year-old boy, Zubair Ahmed, riding on bicycle, was run over by a speeding truck (JS-5877) in Steel Town. He died on the spot. His body was sent to the JPMC for post-mortem.

Police said the truck driver, identified Fareed Ahmed, was arrested and the vehicle was impounded.

A young man died in a road accident in Mauripur in the evening.

Abdullah, aged 18, and Abdul Majeed, aged 17, residents of Steel Town, were standing at a bus stop in Mauripur when a speeding Suzuki pick-up (KH-8184) dashed into them. As a result, Abdullah died on the spot. Abdul Majeed was injured. Majeed has been admitted to Civil Hospital.

Police claimed to have arrested the pick-up driver and impounded the vehicle. The two young men went to SITE area in search of job.

DIES OF BURNS: A housewife died of burns on Monday. Police said that Tulsi, aged 25 uffered burns in her house in Zia Colony.