KARACHI – A one-and-a-half-year-old boy lost his life on Thursday after being struck by a speeding pickup truck near Madina Masjid in the Machhar Colony area.
Incident Details
According to the Docks Police, the minor was playing outside his house when a speeding Suzuki pickup, reportedly used for poultry supply, hit him. The impact proved fatal, and the child died on the spot.
A Chhipa ambulance shifted the body to Civil Hospital, where the deceased was identified as 1.5-year-old Muhammad Rabi Alam, son of Nabi Hussain.
Driver at Large
Police officials stated that the driver of the vehicle managed to flee the scene with the pickup immediately after the accident.
“The vehicle was involved in poultry distribution. We are currently searching for the driver and the vehicle involved in this hit-and-run,” a police spokesperson confirmed. Following the completion of legal formalities at the hospital, the child’s body was handed over to his grieving family for burial.
