Overview
- Police and rescue officials confirmed two fatalities, identifying the deceased as 16-year-old Muqaddas and 40-year-old Uroosa.
- At least 22 people were injured, including several children, with patients transferred to KPT Ziauddin, Civil, Jinnah and other hospitals and some reported in critical condition.
- Kemari police, Edhi and Chhipa maritime teams led the initial response, with the Pakistan Navy and Karachi Port Trust also involved in rescue and evacuation.
- SSP Kemari said early assessments point to a collision between two boats with no current evidence of a pilot boat’s role, while DIG Syed Asad Raza reported a passenger boat struck a private speedboat and suggested the wooden craft briefly lost control.
- Investigators will record victim statements as part of a formal inquiry, as a circulating mobile video features an allegation that a fast PT pilot boat caused the crash.