KARACHI: In the wee hours of Wednesday morning, a fast-moving car knocked over a family that was sleeping on a sidewalk near Nagan Chowrangi, killing three homeless siblings and seriously injuring two more, according to police.
According to the Shahrah-i-Noor Jehan police, the accident claimed the lives of two brothers and their sister. Despite being hurt, the driver of the car was able to flee the scene, leaving his police-impoundable vehicle behind.
Ashok Gopi Chand, 9, and Bali Gopi Chand, 22, allegedly passed away instantly. Later, while receiving care at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, 15-year-old Shri Ram Gopi passed away.
Sita Gopi, 14, and Lalay Gopi, 6, were admitted for treatment, according to the police.
According to Central SSP Zeeshan Shafiq Siddiqi, the driver has been charged with manslaughter by the police. The SSP stated, “The FIR has been registered and police are working on the case,” and he threatened to arrest the driver and any other passengers in the vehicle.
According to the Pakistan Penal Code, the police have invoked sections 320 (rash or negligent driving that results in qatl-i-khata), 337-G (rash or negligent driving that causes injury), and 279 (negligent driving that puts human life in danger).
According to Area SHO Qamar Kiani, the police had tried in vain to apprehend the culprit through three separate raids.
He stated that the victim’s family had filed a complaint with the police, claiming to live in the Sohrab Goth slum and to be a pushcart vegetable vendor. Around three in the morning, while he was sound asleep in his house, he received word that some of his family had perished in a car crash close to Nagan Chowrangi.
