Woman killed as tanker overturns in Nazimabad

KARACHI: A woman was killed and four others were severely injured on Thursday morning after a speeding tanker overturned on Shahrah-e-Noor in Nazimabad area of Karachi.

According to the reports, the tanker hit a motorcyclist and then rammed into a pavement after it overturned in Nazimabad. The deceased has been identified as Misrah. The body and the injured have been shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.

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The eyewitnesses have said that the accident occurred because the tanker’s brakes weren’t working. Heavy machinery to remove the tanker reached the site after two hours, the eyewitness remarked.

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