A young man was killed on Monday after a driver of a water tanker crushed him while reversing in Gulshan-i-Iqbal in another example of accidents involving heavy vehicles in Karachi.

The city has lately witnessed a rise in traffic accidents, especially involving heavy vehicles, including dumpers and water tankers, which killed nearly 500 people and injured 4,879 in 2024, according to hospital data.

Speaking to Dawn.com, Gulshan Superintendent of Police (SP) Ahmed Iqbal Memon said: “The tanker driver was reversing a vehicle in Block-6 when he ran over the man identified as 17-year-old........

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