Two working women have been killed when a speeding car hit them near Rehmanabad on Murree Road in Rawalpindi in the early hours of Friday, police have said. The car has been impounded while efforts are underway to arrest the driver.
According to the FIR registered with New Town police, the victims, a daughter and a daughter-in-law of the complainant, were employed at a private company. They were crossing the road to reach their hostel after finishing office work at 5:30 am when the car, coming from Saddar, hit them.
The driver sped off towards Faizabad after the accident.
The complainant, Khalid Hussain, who is from Rawalakot and works at a bakery in Islamabad, said the company’s manager called to tell him what had happened. He rushed to Holy Family Hospital, where he found that both women had already died.
Police handed the bodies over to their families, who took them to their hometown for burial.
In a separate incident, a policeman performing security duty at a cricket match at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium died of a heart attack. The officer, Ajmal Hussain, who was posted at Banni police station, was shifted to the Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology, where he passed away.
