A fast-moving dumper truck in Karachi's Liaquatabad area
crushed a number of vehicles, killing one woman and injuring eight
others on Thursday after its brakes failed.
According to
eye witnesses, the speeding truck crushed and totalled at least three
cars, one motorcycle and a rickshaw, while several other cars and bikes
were damaged.
According to the police, the incident
occurred because the truck's brakes failed. The police also said that
the vehicle's driver, Naimatullah, who had initially fled the scene, was
arrested along with Ejaz who was also present in the truck at the time
of the incident.
The injured — including Hussain 25,
Azeem, 22, Saqib, 25, Ramazan, 45, Irfan, 33, Nouman, 35, Yasir, 18, and
Sabir, 26 — were shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital
The
flow of traffic in the area has been severely hampered and there is a
severe traffic jam from Teen Hatti to Shahrah-i-Pakistan.
