KARACHI: two members of a same family were crushed to death by a truck in a road accident on Rashid Minhas Road in the early hours of Sunday.
An inflamed crowd in Karachi set fire to at least seven dumper trucks after the horrific accident.
The incident took place late in the night between Saturday and Sunday in the metropolis’s Federal B Area, where the truck ran over the motorcycle.
SP Gulberg Iqbal Shaikh said that the motorcycle was carrying a father, his son, and daughter at the time of the collision.
The three sustained injuries in the incident; however, the siblings — 22-year-old Mahnoor and 14-year-old Ahmed Raza — later succumbed to their wounds, he added.
Following the accident, residents in the area became enraged, setting fire to several dumper trucks.
The officer said the dumper truck driver was assaulted by residents before being taken into custody in an injured state.
He confirmed that seven dumper trucks were torched, with operations underway to clear the charred vehicles from the road.
A spokesperson for police said dumper driver was arrested on the spot while 10 suspects involved in the torching of the dumpers were also taken into custody.
The spokesperson added that more arrests will be made with the help of CCTV footages.
Traffic on Rashid Minhas Road was suspended after the incident and is being diverted from the Sohrab Goth flyover towards the Sharea Pakistan Water Pump.
