Woman driver booked over deadly accident in Karachi

Karachi: Police on Tuesday booked a woman driver involved in a deadly accident on Karsaz Road in Karachi on Monday.

FIR has been launched against the woman driver over murder charges.

FIR was filed on the complaint of a citizen Imtiaz Arif, whose brother and niece died in the accident.

The FIR invoked sections 320 (punishment for qatl-i-khata by rash or negligent driving), 337-G (punishment for hurt by rash or negligent driving), 279 (rash driving or riding on a public way) and 427 (mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees) of the Pakistan Penal Code.

According to the complaint, Arif was informed that his brother Imran Arif, who was riding a motorcycle along with his daughter Amna Arif, was met with an accident.

He stated that upon reaching the JPMC, he found out that Natasha Danish, who was driving a Toyota Land Cruiser, had hit his brother’s motorcycle from behind. “Imran and his daughter got several injuries and passed away later,” FIR continued. 

FIR further stated that Abdussalam, son of Mohammad Ishaq, who was riding on the motorcycle was also injured. 

This is pertinent to mention here that at least five people were injured in the accident, with two of them succumbing to their injuries after being taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) for treatment.

Meanwhile, In a statement issued on Tuesday, the District East police’s spokesperson confirmed that the police had registered a first information report (FIR) against the suspect.

The statement further said that the woman driver was arrested last night and handed over to the police’s investigation wing.

“The woman’s medical [examination] had been conducted, but the report has not been submitted by the hospital, as per the latest information,” the police said.

It added that the investigation wing was conducting a probe and that further information could be sought from the office of the District East’s senior superintendent of police (SSP) of investigation.