Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 10: About a dozen passengers sustained injuries out of which three were critically injured when a rashly driven mini bus turned turtle on city road here today.
A mini-bus of Janipur-Bahu Fort route ferrying passengers on way from Bahu Fort to Janipur, this evening turned turtle near Mandir-Masjid point in Jewel area, a police official said. He said that 11 passengers of the vehicle suffered injuries out of which three received serious injuries.
The injured were identified as Neelam Kumari (40) wife of Kuldeep Kumar of Vikram Chowk, Abdul Hamid (45) of Soupur (Kupwara), Tanu (17) daughter of Ram Pal of Vikram Chowk, Babita Bhat (40) wife of Sunil Kumar of Jagti (Nagrota), Koushalaya Devi (49) wife of Kartar Singh of Udhampur, Mehraj-ud-Din (32) son of Abdul Rashid of Kashmir, Mohd Imran (25) son of Abdul Rashid of Kashmir, Pooja (21) daughter of Kuldeep of Vikram Chowk, Rekha Bhat (35) wife of Kaniya Lal of Jagti (Nagrota), Padma (32) wife of Saran Angchok of Talab Tillo and Shering Yangdal (30) of Ladakh(at present residing in Talab Tillo, Jammu). They were shifted to Government Medical College and Hospital, Jammu for treatment.
“As per passengers, who had minor injuries in the mishap, the driver was rashly driving the mini bus and was overtaking other vehicles in speed. In the process, he lost control and the vehicle over turned,” the official said.
He further told that the driver managed to escape from the spot leaving injured passengers while the mini bus was seized and a case under relevant sections against the driver was registered at police station Nowabad.
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