12-year-old girl among deceased; truck driver dies after vehicle plunges into gorge in Ramban
Jammu Tawi, Oct 13: Two persons, including a 12-year-old girl, were killed and 11 others injured in three separate road accidents in the Rajouri, Ramban and Doda districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, officials said.
In Rajouri district, 12-year-old Afiya Kousar was killed after a car carrying her, her father Abdul Fareed and grandfather Makhna skidded off the road and overturned in a field at Islampur village. The family was travelling from their native Bhangai village in Thanamandi towards Rajdhani when the accident occurred.
Rescuers shifted the injured to a hospital, while the girl’s body was taken to the mortuary for legal formalities, officials said.
In a separate incident, truck driver Sadiq Khan, a resident of Barmer in Rajasthan, was killed after an apple-laden truck plunged into a 70–80-foot gorge near Nachlana along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway during the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday.
The truck, bearing registration number RJ19GF/2267, was travelling from Srinagar to Gujarat when the accident occurred. The injured conductor, identified as Mohd Sikander, also a resident of Barmer, was shifted to Sub-District Hospital (SDH), Banihal, where he is undergoing treatment. The driver was declared dead at the hospital, officials said.
In Doda district, at least four persons, including two women, were injured after a vehicle overturned near Shenai in the Bhalla area on Tuesday. The injured were identified as Ashiq Hussain (35), Mohd Javed (48), his wife Rubina Begum (46), and Insha (35). They were shifted to a hospital and were stated to be stable.
Police have taken cognizance of the accidents and initiated investigations to ascertain the circumstances leading to the incidents.