Four-year-old boy crushed to death by water tanker

A road traffic accident (RTA) in Baldia Town claimed the life of a four-year-old boy on Saturday, while a motorcyclist injured in a hit-and-run incident near the Golimar pedestrian bridge a day earlier breathed his last during treatment.

In Baldia’s Abidabad area a speeding water tanker ran over four-year-old Affan Jasim, who was returning home after playing at a nearby ground. The boy died on the spot. The body was taken to Dr Ruth KM Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi.

SHO Imran Saeed said the tanker driver fled the scene immediately after the accident. However, police impounded the vehicle. A case was registered on the complaint of the child’s uncle, while efforts are under way to arrest the absconding driver.

Meanwhile, a man injured in an RTA near the Golimar pedestrian bridge on Friday died during treatment at the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital. He was identified as 45-year-old Ghulam Ali.

Police said his motorbike was hit by an unidentified vehicle, adding that he was a resident of Lyari. After completing the legal procedures, the body was handed over to the heirs.