SHIKARPUR: A man was killed and another seriously injured in a road mishap within the limits of New Faujdari police station in Shikarpur in the wee hours of Wednesday.
According to police sources, two young men riding a bike were on their way to somewhere when a speeding Mazda pickup hit them from the backside, as a result, Fawad Hussain Katpar, aged 35 and Abdul Hafeez Soomro, 40 were seriously injured.
The injured were shifted to the Civil Hospital Shikarpur where one of the injured, Fawad, succumbed to his injuries, while another injured was referred to the Sukkur hospital due to his grave condition. The area police have confiscated the Mazda. However, the driver of the vehicle managed to escape.
The body was handed over to his heirs after a medico-legal formality from the Civil Hospital Shikarpur, said police. Police also registered an FIR against the vehicle’s driver and started further investigation.
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