A dumper truck killed two people who were sleeping on the footpath in Karachi on Wednesday, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

The tragic incident occurred as the driver was trying to reverse the vehicle in the Sohrab Goth area of the port city.

The driver while reversing the vehicle did not see the two men sleeping on the footpath, and crushed them to death.

Rescue teams reached the crime site and shifted the bodies to a hospital. The deceased, however, have not yet been identified.

Reporter Saulat Jafri