ISLAMABAD: Nine people died after a truck crashed into a mini-van near the Keenjhar Lake in Sindh’s Thatta district on Tuesday night, local media reported citing police and rescue officials said.
The accident took place when a truck collided head-on with a Suzuki Carry in the Keenjhar police station’s jurisdiction at 10:30pm last night, according to Thatta Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Adeel Chandio.
He said the ill-fated incident claimed nine lives, adding that the deceased were residents of Karachi’s Malir district and were travelling to the Keenjhar Lake.
The police officer said the truck driver has been arrested and a first information report (FIR) will be registered upon the complaint of the families of the deceased.
“The initial investigations indicate that the accident occurred due to the negligence of the truck driver,” a local media outlet quoted SSP Chandio as saying.
The SSP added that action was also being taken against the owner of the truck.
The truck driver had reportedly fled the scene after the incident.
In an official statement, the Edhi Rescue Service said that the bodies had been shifted to the Sohrab Goth mortuary in Karachi via ambulances.
It said all the deceased were aged between 24 and 40 years.
In another incident on Monday, six members of a family died and 20 others were injured when a coaster fell into a ditch near Thori Phatak bridge in Sindh’s Manjhand.
The deceased family belonged to the Khaskheli community and was travelling to Sehwan to visit the shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar.
