Karachi: Minor girl crushed to death by speedy car

KARACHI: A minor girl was killed while two other persons sustained injuries in a road accident in Karachi’s Gulistan-e-Johar area late Thursday night, ARY News reported.

According to details, the accident occurred near the city’s Perfume Chowk area where a speeding car hit a rickshaw, killing 8-year-old girl on the spot while her mother and rickshaw driver were wounded.

Rescue teams reached the spot after being informed and shifted the dead and injured to Jinnah Hospital. Meanwhile, police have arrested the woman driver of the car.

According to sources, the suspect fled from the Shahra-e-Faisal police station.

In a separate road crash on October 13, at least five passengers died when a speeding car rammed into a trailer parked alongside the road in Kot Addu, Punjab.

The resources sources said the ill-fated with five people was heading towards Kot Sultan, Layyah from Multan when the deadly accident took place. 

The bodies of the deceased have been shifted to the hospital by the rescue authorities.