A youth was killed and three others injured after the car they were riding plunged into the drain along Zafar Ali Road near Canal Road on Sunday evening.
Ghalib Market police said Shaharyar Butt, son of Gulberg SHO Zulfikar Ali Butt, was returning home after having dinner with his friends Kazim, Hamza and Zubair when their speeding car hit the fence and fell into the drain around 5pm.
They were pulled out of the car with multiple injuries by some passersby and shifted to the Services Hospital where Zubair of Township succumbed to his wounds.
Ghalib Market circle ASP Tariq Aziz Sandhu said Zubair was driving the car and he lost control of the steering resulting in an accident.
He said the car, which overturned and was badly damaged, had to be pulled out of the drain with the help of a crane.
INUJURED: Three people were injured after two trailers collided with each other near Motorway by-pass on Multan Road on early Sunday.
Rescue 1122 shifted the injured, Faqeer Hussian (45), Ghulam Mustafa (40) and Amanat Ali (38), to the Jinnah Hospital with multiple wounds.