KARACHI: A young girl was killed in Korangi 5 ½ area of Karachi when a speeding trailer ran over her on Sunday evening.

The nine-year-old girl has been identified as Aleeza, who was travelling on a bike with her family. The victim’s brother apprised that they along with their parents were going to his grandmother’s house to attend a marriage ceremony.

Father of the girl said the speeding trailer was coming from the opposite direction, therefore he braked but his bike could not yet manage to stop from being hit by the trailer. Following which, he said, the girl fell on one side and the other members of the family fell on the other.

People caught the driver and started beating him until police of Zaman Town police station arrived and arrested him.