Dawn<\/em> that one accident occurred at 1:05am on Friday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAccording to him, a couple and a child were on a motorcycle when a trailer hit them at the Native Jetty Bridge. They sustained critical injuries and were transported to Civil Hospital Karachi, where doctors pronounced them dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The victims\u2019 identity could not be immediately ascertained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe errant driver managed to escape from the spot along with the heavy vehicle,\u201d Raza said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In another fatal accident, a man was killed in Baldia Town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The DIG said the man was on a motorcycle when a loaded dump truck hit him at Baldia-4. He suffered critical injuries and was taken to Civil Hospital Karachi, where he was declared dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe police rushed to the spot, arrested the errant driver \u2026 and impounded the heavy vehicle,\u201d the DIG said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In December, the Sindh government\u00a0banned\u00a0the daytime movement of heavy traffic vehicles in Karachi for two months as the city had witnessed a steep\u00a0increase<\/u>\u00a0in traffic accidents, with many resulting from collisions with heavy vehicles such as dumper trucks and water tankers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A seven-year-old boy was\u00a0killed\u00a0on Wednesday when a truck ran him over in Korangi\u2019s Mehran Town area, while\u00a0another\u00a0seven-year-old boy was killed earlier this month by a water tanker in Karachi\u2019s Manghopir area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also this month, two men lost their lives in separate reckless driving\u00a0incidents\u00a0when they were hit by trailer trucks, near Mowach Goth and Valika, respectively, police and rescue service officials said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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