Road accident claims three lives, injures three others in Sujawal

SUJAWAL/KARACHI, Jan 30 (SABAH): Three people lost their lives in a horrific road crash at Mithi-Karachi road near Sujawal on Sunday.

According to rescue sources, a car coming to Mithi from Karachi collided with a tractor-trolley carrying sugarcane near Sujawal, resulting in the death of three and severe wounds to three others.

The dead were identified as Dr. Om Joshi, cousin of Pakistan People’s Party MNA Mahesh Kumar Malani and his two grandsons.

Dr. Joshi was coming to Mithi from Karachi to attend a marriage ceremony. The bodies have injured have been shifted to the hospital.

Meanwhile at least six persons sustained injuries on Sunday following a gas leakage blast at Ghazi Goth in Karachi.

“The blast was caused by gas leakage from a water tank in a house of Ghazi Goth in Sachal police jurisdiction,” police said. “The explosion took place owing to pressure of gas during cleaning of a water tank,” according to police.

“A man who entered in the water tank for cleaning ignited a match stick, which resulted in explosion,” police officials said. The injured persons have been shifted to hospital from treatment.