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Driver Held After 12-Year-Old Is Run Over by Water Tanker in Korangi

Police have opened a probe focused on licensing plus tanker documentation.

Overview

  • The victim was identified as Farhan, 12, a madrassa student who had rented a bicycle near Korangi’s 100 Quarters.
  • Witnesses said a speeding motorcycle brushed him, he fell, and a passing water tanker then ran over him.
  • An Edhi ambulance took him to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, where he was pronounced dead.
  • Police intervened as some residents tried to torch the tanker and arrested the driver, Noor Hussain Shah, with the vehicle impounded.
  • Investigators are checking the driver's licence plus the tanker's tracker and paperwork, while locals blamed street encroachments for narrowing the road.