Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, May 22: Seventeen passengers, including women and minors, were injured when a minibus met with an accident due to failure of brakes, here this evening.
The accident took place at Bharta near Round Mail and the minibus, bearing registration number JK14C-7147, was on way from Udhampur to Nagrota via Dhar Road. As the driver failed to control the minibus because of brakes failure, he rammed it into a roadside hillock.
On getting information, Police rushed to the spot and shifted the injured to district Hospital Udhampur. They were identified as
Neelam Kumari (25), wife of Sanjeev Kumar of Panjgraien Nagrota, Sanjeev Kumar (35), son of Pritam of Panjgraien Nagrota (35), Sham Lal (34), son of Pothi Ram of Purthiyan, Rattan Chand (50), son of Beli Ram of Chanunta, Sanjay Kumar (28), son of Beli Ram of Panjgraien Nagrota, Rakesh Kumar (32) son of Sham Lal of Panjgrain Nagrota (32), Pishu (2), daughter of Sanjeev Kumar of Panjgraien Nagrota, Mohd Yousuf (5), son of Charag Din of Panjgraien Nagrota, Girdhari Lal (50), son of Sadhu Ram of Serbala, Khalidha (14), daughter of Saraj Din of Serbala, Raj Ali (14), son of Mushtaq Ali of Panjgraien Nagrota, Pawan Kumar (21), son of Kartar Chand of Panjgraien Nagrota, Rakesh Kumar (17), son of Jegdish Kumar of Chanunta, Kuldeep Kumar, son of Sandokhu Ram of Chanounta, Laxmi Devi, daughter of Kuldeep of Chanunta, Neelam Devi, wife of Kuldeep of Chanunta and Yashpaul, son of Sansar Singh of Chanunta.