3 killed as truck overturns in Karachi

At least three persons, including a woman, were killed and two children injured today after a speedy truck overturned and struck pedestrians on the footpath in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi.
DIG Traffic police, Asif Aijaz said the driver lost control of the vehicle which resulted in the accident.
"The driver and conductor escaped from the scene but they will be arrested soon," he said.
However, it ran past and turned over killing three people and critically injuring two children.
The injured were admitted to a hospital later.
Aijaz said a traffic sergeant near Qayyumabad roundabout had signaled the truck to stop for checking but he tried to speed away and lost control of the vehicle.

Road accidents are common in Pakistan due to poor enforcement of traffic rules and regulations and corruption in the traffic police.

This is the third major road accident since February 9 in Karachi.
On February 9, a speeding mini bus overturned and ploughed into waiting passengers at a bus stop in Gulshan-e-Iqbal killing four people and injuring 11 others.
While on February 14, a speeding passenger bus overturned near the toll plaza outside Karachi in which 11 people were killed and 28 injured. Most of the drivers in the public transport industry do not hold valid driving licences.