JAMMU, May 28: As many as 26 passengers including a four-year-old child were injured after a bus coming from Jammu en route to Doda district overturned in the Battal Ballian area in the Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, said police on Saturday.
Sharing details about the accident in Udhampur, police said, “The bus (JK02BP 4355) was on way to Gandoh-Doda from Jammu when at Battal Ballian it skidded and turned turtle on road early Saturday morning. On getting information police teams rushed to the spot and started a rescue operation.”
“Of the total 43 passengers, twenty six got injured in the accident, all were taken to nearby medical facility from where six injured have been referred to govt medical College (GMC) Jammu for specialized treatment”, said the police.
The injured include Jai Din (25), Sapoora Begum (55), Shahzad Ahmed (4), Arshad Hussain (34), Akhter Hussain (50), Fatima Begum (34), Ranjana (42), Ghulam Hussain (55), Muneer Ahmed (32), Koshal Kumar (40), Farooq Ahmed (30), Mohd Ashfaq (21), Mohd Irfan (22), Muneer Ahmed (18), Bibi Begum (35), Mohd Shafi (31), Rehmat Ali (18), Shakeena (14), Roshan Bibi (18), Nazia (17), Iqbal Bano (40), Shakura (18), Mohd Arshad (20), Mohd Sartaj (21), Taj Mohd (28) and Parveen Akhter (16).
SSP Udhampur Vinod Kumar confirmed that around 26 persons were injured in an early morning road accident. He said that a case has been registered and further investigations were taken up.
Meanwhile two persons including a driver were killed when a rashly driven mini bus plunged into River Tawi late Friday night.
Police said that the mini bus on its way to the old city from Gandhi Nagar area plunged into the Tawi river after breaking the boundary wall of the bridge when the driver lost control over the vehicle .
Police and locals swung into action to evacuate the injured persons who were immediately rushed to the hospital in a critical condition where they succumbed to fatal injuries.
A day ago two persons were killed in Jammu when a rashly driven mini bus plunged into River Tawi. The driver had lost control over the vehicle. (Agencies)
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