12 women 'injured' as factory's lift collapses in Karachi

KARACHI: At least 12 women sustained injuries when the lift of a factory collapsed in Karachi’s Korangi, ARY News reported on Friday, citing rescue sources.

The incident occurred near Korangi’s Al-Hasan stop as a result 12 women sustained injuries, the rescue sources said.

The injured women were moved to the hospital, the teams said and five of the injured females sustained ‘severe wounds’.

Read more: Five dead as lift collapses at under construction building in Karachi

In a separate incident of the same nature, at least five persons lost their lives in a lift accident at an under-construction building in Karachi.

The accident was caused when a construction lift used by labourers collapsed at a building in Boat Basin area of the metropolis, rescue sources said.