KARACHI: A speeding dumper truck overturned on a 4x4 vehicle on Rashid Minhas Road, killing a woman and an accompanying five-year-old girl on Thursday. Another minor girl was injured in the accident.
The two minor girls were daughters of Khurram Karim, who was driving the 4x4 vehicle. He and several other family members survived in the accident.
Sharea Faisal SHO Faisal Gul Khawaja said that six family members were on their way from their home, situated in Scheme-33, towards Sharea Faisal when an apparently speeding dumper truck laden with gravel fell on their car near COD gate. The family members were stuck up in the vehicle.
The dumper truck and gravel were removed with the help of heavy machinery to take them out, the police officer said.
He said that Mr Khurram, his wife and mother escaped unhurt in the accident.
He said Mr Khurram, his mother and wife, along with two minor daughters and his sister-in-law, were on his way to receive his brother, Kashif Karim, at the airport on his return from Saudi Arabia after performing Haj.
He said that Khurram’s daughter, Ayesha, 5, and his sister-in-law Shaheena Mohammed Naeem were killed while another daughter, Anam, 3, was injured. They were taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre where doctors pronounced Shaheena and Ayesha dead on arrival.
Police surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed said that the deceased sustained crush injuries on their heads and other parts of the upper bodies.
The injured minor girl sustained serious injuries and was later referred to the Liaquat National Hospital for further treatment.
SHO Khawaja said that the errant driver managed to escape from the spot. The police have impounded the heavy vehicle and registered an FIR under Sections 320, 337-G and 427 of Pakistan Penal Code against the driver on the complaint of Shaheena’s husband Mohammed Naeem Khan, who is a senior clerk in the DMC West at Orangi Town.
Published in Dawn, June 20th, 2025