Peshawar: Crane crushes 3 labourers during anti-encroachment operation

Peshawar: Crane crushes 3 labourers during anti-encroachment operation
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Summary Driver of the vehicle absconded from the scene while shopkeepers demonstrated a protest

PESHAWAR (Dunya News) – Municipal Corporation vehicle on Friday killed as many as three labourers during an anti-encroachment operation in the Ghanta Ghar area. The government employed driver of the vehicle absconded from the scene while shopkeepers demonstrated a protest.

According to the details, the staff of the Municipal Corporation was conducting an anti-encroachment operation in one of the busiest places of the city, Ghanta Ghar. To contain the protest, the driver of the crane accelerated the vehicle towards the protesters upon which at least three people were crushed.

Body of one labourer has been shifted to the hospital whereas the rescue teams are still struggling to recover the bodies of other two from under the crane.

However, the driver absconded from the scene.

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