Karachi: M9 motorway accident case registered

By Muhammad YaseenPublished On 05 Jan 2023

JAMSHORO: The case of the deadly M9 motorway accident that claimed at least 17 lives has been registered on the complaint of the SHO Nooriabad.

On Saturday, the ill-fated passenger van, carrying 22 passengers, coming to Karachi from Hyderabad had overturned near the cerement factory at the motorway and caught the fire.

The driver of the ill-fated passenger van along with the driver of the car which caused the accident due to overtaking has been nominated in the first information report (FIR) of the case.

The police vowed to arrest both the drivers.

The deceased were shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital while the injured were initially shifted to Liaquat University Hospital in Hyderabad.

According to the rescue sources, the DNA samples of the bodies have been collected to identify the victims as the bodies have burnt completely.

The bodies have been shifted to Edhi morgue from Abbasi Shaheed hospital and will be handed over to the heirs after identification, said the authorities.

Meanwhile, the car whose bonnet hit a Karachi-bound passenger van at M-9 motorway leading to a deadly traffic accident near Nooriabad claiming the lives of at least 17 people has been identified.

A CCTV footage from the Karachi toll plaza, showed the vehicle entering Karachi premises. It was later spotted near NIPA chowrangi in the city.