KARACHI: Nine cars, 13 bikes hijacked

Published November 1, 2002

KARACHI, Oct 31: Twenty-two vehicles — nine cars and 13 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Thursday, police said.

Three cars were hijacked. Six others were stolen.

Five motorcycles were hijacked. Eight others were stolen.

ROAD ACCIDENT: Reckless driving claimed two lives in the city on Thursday.

An unidentified woman died in a hit-and-run road accident in the limits of Gulzar-i-Hijri police.

Police said that the woman was run over by an unknown speeding vehicle while walking across a road. She died on the spot. The body was sent to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for post-mortem.

After post-mortem the body has been kept in the Edhi’s morgue for identification.

A minibus conductor, Latif, died when he came under the wheels of his own bus at NIPA chowrangi. He was rushed to the JPMC where doctors declared him dead on arrival.

ELECTROCUTED: A young man was electrocuted in North Nazimabad on Thursday.

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