KARACHI: In a deadly incident, two industrialists misplaced their lives when their automobile fell off the ICI Bridge after being struck by a rushing trailer in Karachi, ARY Information reported on Monday.
The victims had been recognized as 62-year-old Ashraf and his son Naveed whereas a rickshaw driver additionally injured within the incident.
The victims had been on their option to the SITE industrial space when their automobile was hit by the reckless trailer.
Rescue sources reported that an uncontrolled rushing trailer collided with the automobile from behind on ICI Bridge, inflicting the automobile to interrupt by the bridge’s railing and fall onto the iron pipes under.
On the identical time, the trailer additionally struck a rickshaw, leaving the motive force severely injured.
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In the meantime, the SITE Affiliation of Trade has criticized the Sindh authorities for failing to control trailers in Karachi, which led to this deadly incident.
President Ahmed Azeem Alvi urged the federal government to implement strict rules, together with banning trailers from city areas throughout peak hours, to forestall such incidents sooner or later.
Alvi criticized authorities for his or her lack of enforcement, warning that unregulated trailer exercise might result in a law-and-order disaster.
The SITE Affiliation President known as for the harshest punishment for the trailer driver concerned within the crash and questioned why heavy automobiles are allowed to violate site visitors guidelines.
“The Sindh authorities’s failure to manage these killer trailers raises critical issues about its authority,” he said.
Earlier, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) took to the streets, holding demonstrations in opposition to the rising variety of fatalities brought on by heavy site visitors in Karachi.
Protest sit-ins had been held at 15 spots within the metropolis together with Liaquatabad, Hub River Street, College Street, Orangi city, Korangi highway, Ahsanabad, Quaidabad, Sher Shah Suri Freeway, Rashid Minhas Street, Kala Pul, Backyard, Hydari bus Cease, Energy Home Chowrangi and North Karachi.