SHIKARPUR:Two women were killed and eight others injured in a road accident within the limits of Madeji police station near Jalbani Laaro in Shikarpur on Monday.
According to rescue sources, a speeding Mazda pickup hit a bike rickshaw near Jalbani Laaro in Shikarpur. As a result, two women identified as Hurmat Khatoon and Khatoon Begum, residents of village Murad Brohi, came under the tyres of a coming coach on the same road and died on the spot while eight other people sustained injuries who were identified Dur Bibi Brohi, Musamat Soni Khatoon, Gulshan Khatoon, Sumaira, Sohail Ahmed, Babar Ali and Imtiaz Ali all by caste Brohi.
The bodies and injured were shifted to Madeji Hospital. Later, the four injured were referred to a Larkana hospital for further medical treatment due to their critical condition. The Mazda driver fled the scene while area police arrested coach driver.