Nine people lost their lives in a tragic accident on Tuesday night when a truck collided head-on with a mini truck near the Keenjhar Lake in Sindh’s Thatta district. Thatta Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Adeel Chandio confirmed that the accident occurred when a truck crashed into a Suzuki Carry in the jurisdiction of Keenjhar police station at around 10:30pm. The deceased were identified as residents of Karachi’s Malir district who were on their way to the Keenjhar Lake. The truck driver has been arrested, and an FIR will be registered upon the complaint of the deceased’s families.
According to a statement from the Edhi Rescue Service, the bodies have been moved to the Sohrab Goth mortuary in Karachi via ambulances. All the deceased were between the ages of 24 and 40, and the identification of three bodies is underway.
This is the third major accident reported in the last few days. 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 family belonged to the Khaskheli community and intended to visit the shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan.
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A day before that, seven members of a family died, while two others were injured when a bus hit a car near Punjab’s Akhtarabad on the National Highway. The family was traveling from Lahore to Pakpattan to celebrate Eid.
