ISLAMABAD, Aug 18 (NNN-APP) – Seven people went missing, after a car they were travelling in, fell into a drainage canal last night, in Pakistan’s southern port of Karachi, the rescue service said.
Speaking to reporters today, Muhammad Salman, an official of the rescue department of the Edhi Foundation in Karachi, said that, the car fell off the road into the Malir drainage canal, due to high water pressure following heavy rain in the city.
He said, a family, including four children, was in the vehicle, along with the driver, adding that, the rescue operation has been underway to recover the victims.
Salman, who was personally involved in the operation, said, the ill-fated car has already been found, but the victims remained missing.
Pakistan has been suffering from severe floodings in parts of the country, for over two months.
At least 649 people have been killed and 1,030 others injured, in separate rain-triggered accidents across Pakistan, over the last two months, the country’s National Disaster Management Authority said yesterday.– NNN-APP
