KARACHI: An underage car driver killed a 12-year-old girl and injured her father on Naya Nazimabad Bridge on Sunday evening, said police and rescue services officials.
A traffic police officer said that a 12or 13-year-old boy was driving a car (ADA-714) along with another teenager when they hit a motorcycle on the bridge.
As a result, the girl and her father sustained critical injuries. They were taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where doctors pronounced 12-year-old Khaula dead while her 35-year-oldfather, Mohammed Yunus, was admitted for treatment.
The police arrested the underage driver and impounded the vehicle.
The police officer said that they had called the boy’s father at the Shahrah-i-Noorjehan police station. The accident occurred at around 5:30pm.