HYDERABAD (Web Desk) – At least eight members of the same family, including women and children, were killed and two other were wounded when a car rammed into a truck in Hyderabad on Friday night, Dunya News reported.
According to details, the tragic accident occurred at Kotri Site Road where a car hit a truck from behind due to over-speeding, killing eight people on the spot and injuring two others. The ill-fated family was on its way to Thatta from Hyderabad.
Police and rescue teams reached the spot after getting information and shifted the dead and injured to Civil Hospital, Hyderabad. Rescue sources informed that some of the bodies were taken out of wreckage of the car after using machinery.
Police sources informed that the deceased were identified as 10-year-old Tora Bibi, seven-year-old Shah Zaib, five-year-old Alam Khan, 50-year-old Ghulam Haider, 45-year-old Raza Khan, 40-year-old Samina, 45-year-old Saili and five-year-old Janat Bibi.
Meanwhile, police have arrested the truck driver from the spot and also started investigation.
