Khairpur: Passenger van crushes six school children to death

KHAIRPUR: At least six school children were killed when a speeding passenger van ran them over in Sindh’s Khairpur on Monday.

According to the police, the accident occurred near Kot Lalu town of the Khairpur district.

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Three of the children died on the spot while the rest succumbed to their injuries at a hospital.

On getting information, local people rushed to the spot of the accident and shifted the deceased and injured to the nearest hospital on their own. They lamented a lack of response from the authorities concerned.

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Later, enraged family members of the deceased children and local residents staged a protest demonstration on Mehran National Highway, blocking it by setting fire to tyres.

They chanted slogans against the district administration and transporters.