Boy dies; herdman injured near Shikarpur

SHIKARPUR: A minor boy, Atif Ali Kakepotto, died when he fell down from a loader rickshaw near his village Maroon Kakepotta within the jurisdiction of Garhiyaseen police station on Thursday. The incident has created a mourning atmosphere in the village.

Separately, a herdman was injured and two buffaloes were killed in a road accident along Labano minor within the jurisdiction of Lakhi police station.

According to police, a speeding ambulance coming to Sukkur from Kandhkot hit the buffaloes and their herdman while crossing the road along Labano minor within the jurisdiction of Lakhi police station.

As a result, the herdman, Basheer Ahmed, was wounded while two buffaloes died on the spot and one other received injuries. Area police arrested the ambulance driver.