Water tanker crushes child to death in Karachi

Add ARY News on GoogleFollow on Google DiscoverYouTube ScreengrabAAResizeKARACHI: Heavy vehicles remain a danger on the roads, and another tragic incident has claimed the life of a child after a water tanker hit a motorcycle near North Nazimabad Block N.

According to police, the child was travelling with his father on a motorcycle when the water tanker hit them.

Following the incident, locals caught the water tanker driver and subjected him to violence, police said.

Angry people also tried to set the water tanker on fire after the child’s death.

Police took the water tanker into custody and shifted it to the police station, while the driver has been detained, police said.

Earlier, a woman filed a civil suit before the Senior Civil Judge (East) at the City Court, to seek more than Rs130 million in compensation from a water tanker owner and its driver over the death of her husband in a traffic accident.

According to the petition, the deceased, Talha Zaheer, was fatally run over by a water tanker in March 2026.

The plaintiff argued that Talha was the sole breadwinner of the family and that his death has left his legal heirs facing severe and long-term financial hardship.

The suit contends that the tanker owner and driver are legally liable for the accident and should compensate the deceased’s family for their loss.

The case had been filed against both the tanker owner and the driver before the Senior Civil Judge (East), City Court.

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