The young boy, Saim, was filling water from the tanker when the driver reversed, fatally running him over.

Police have taken the tanker and the driver into custody and initiated legal proceedings.

Saim, a Buffer Zone Block 16-A’s KB Society resident, had just collected water from a filtration plant when he was caught under the moving tanker.

The enraged locals attacked the driver, vandalising the vehicle by breaking its windows before police intervened and took him into custody.

The victim’s uncle, Abdul Razzaq, blamed unchecked water tankers roaming freely in residential areas for frequent accidents.

Saim’s grandfather urged strict enforcement of heavy traffic restrictions, while his uncle revealed that the boy was the eldest of five siblings and a fourth-grade student.

Despite repeated efforts, deadly dumpers and trailers remain uncontrolled in Karachi.

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In a separate accident today, two more people lost their lives when a dumper and a trailer collided. This brings the total number of road fatalities in Karachi this year to 123.

Earlier, a motorcyclist named Amir was killed and his relative Sajid was injured when a speeding trailer rammed into their bike near Malir’s Anwar Baloch Hotel.

The driver fled the scene, abandoning his vehicle.

Amir’s family revealed that he was riding with his cousin, dropping him off at Cantt Station, when the accident occurred.

Meanwhile, another victim, Muhammad Shakir, succumbed to injuries at the hospital after his motorcycle collided with a dumper on Sharea Faisal near Karsaz.

His family retrieved his body from Jinnah Hospital without legal proceedings.

In yet another incident, a bus and a dumper collided near Baldia’s Mawachh Goth Bridge, injuring multiple passengers.

Rescue teams transported the wounded to the hospital for treatment.