Two motorcyclists were killed and another were seriously injured on Thursday in accidents involving heavy vehicles in Sharea Faisal and National Highway of Karachi, respectively, according to police officers and rescue.
The rules that restrict the movement of heavy vehicles were recently implemented in the metropolis amid the growing traffic accidents that involve Dumpers and Petroleros, and protest the death of citizens.
Earlier this month, the provincial government prohibited the entry of heavy vehicles into the city during the day, only allowing them to operate from 11 pm to 6 am, however, exemptions were granted to trucks that transport water, oil products, medications , meat and other essential goods.
Last week, the Government of Sindh made it mandatory that all heavy vehicles in Karachi have a physical certificate of physical conditioning amid the growing number of traffic accidents that involve Dumper trucks.
In today’s first incident, a young man died while his relative was injured when the duo found an accident that involved a 22 -wheel trailer on the Malir bridge near the Anwar Baloch hotel, said the station officer of the station of the station of the station From the city of Shah Latif (Sha) Raja Abbas Dawn.com.
He said the victims came from Saddar in their motorcycles when the accident took place at 1:30 am
“They were taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center (JPMC) where Mohammed Amir, 35, succumbed to their wounds during treatment, while their brother -in -law Sajid, 28, was admitted to receive treatment,” he said.
The driver and the driver have been arrested and the heavy vehicle has been confiscated, Sho Abbas added. He said that a probable cause of the accident was that two heavy vehicles were putting themselves on the bridge when motorcyclists tried to maneuver between them, which resulted in the accident.
Police have registered a first information report (FIR) against the driver of the victim’s brother Kaleemuddin under sections 320 of the Pakistan Criminal Code (Punishment for Qatl-I-Kata [murder by mistake] through a printing press or negligent driving), 379 (punishment for robbery) and 427 (mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees).
In the second incident, a 19 -year -old Bykea pilot died in Sharea Faisal when a Dumper hit him from behind. The incident occurred around 2 in the morning near the office of the National Road Authority, according to Sharea Faisal Sho Faisal Gul Khawaja.
“The injured were taken to JPMC, where he succumbed to their wounds during treatment,” said Sho Khawaja, adding that the rider of the bicycle was excessive. His relatives could not be tracked immediately.
12 injured in the accident of bus dumerators
In another incident, 12 passengers were injured when his bus hit a Dumper on the Moach Goth bridge at 9:27 am
Saeedabad Sho Idris Bangash said: “The bus driver came from the wrong address when he hit the dumper. The injured were transferred to the Karachi Civil Hospital, with one of them in a critical condition. “
The bus driver managed to escape from the incident site.
There was an alarming increase in traffic accidents in Karachi, since almost 500 people died, while 4879 were injured in 2024 due to a series of reasons ranging from reckless driving to construction activities, etc., according to data from the data of the hospital.
