One dies as car ran over sleeping people on footpath.

KARACHI -- One person was killed and eight others sustained injuries when a speeding vehicle ran over a footpath in Korangi Crossing area of the city.

The incident occurred near Indus Hospital in Korangi district, when a car- BDM-196: lost its control and initially hit a rickshaw and then ran over people sleeping on a footpath.

'The driver of the vehicle and his other accomplice were possibly drunk when their speedy vehicle lost control and ran over people sleeping on a footpath,' said the Zaman Town police officials, who added that a rickshaw was also destroyed in the incident.

They said that a 38-year old man, whose...