A six-year-old child was dead and her father critically injured as a speedy bus crashed into a motorcycle at the metropolis's MA Jinnah Road on early Friday morning.
In reaction to the incident, the agitated local bystanders torched two buses. Reportedly, two buses were racing on MA Jinnah road leading towards Numaish, when one of the buses crashed with the motorcycle.
The crowd refused to let members of rescue forces and fire brigades pass through and douse the flames. According to police sources, the body of the child and injured father were immediately shifted to a nearby hospital for medico-legal tests and treatment respectively.
The driver of the bus managed to flee from the site of the incident.
