Minor dies, 27 injured as bus turns turtle

Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, June 1:  A nine-month baby girl died while 27 persons were injured when a passenger bus skidded off the road and turned turtle on the National Highway near Chopra Shop, under the jurisdiction of Rehambal Police Station, here this morning.
The bus, bearing registration number JK02M-2449, was on its way from Katra to Udhampur when it met with the accident around 9.15 am. On getting information about the mishap, Deputy Commissioner Udhampur Dr  Shahid Iqbal Choudhary and SSP Udhampur Suleman Choudhary personally rushed to the spot and with the help of locals, rushed the injured to  District Hospital Udhampur and Army Hospital Udhampur.
Nine-month old Poonam, daughter of Sukhdev Singh of Khanikote Mahore, succumbed to her injuries at the Army Hospital.
The injured were  identified as Pardeep Singh (27), son of Raj Singh of Katra, Rohit (20) son of Gopal Krishan of Sin Thakran , Geeto Devi (42) wife of Shiv Kumar of Ward number 17 Udhampur, Ishar Dass (42) son of Faqir Chand, Dolat Ram (44) son of Prem Chand of Mand, Kaka Ram (34) son of Rattan Lal of Ladda, Sunak Singh (30) son of Puran Singh of Dubi Gali, Surjeet Singh (25) son of Chain Singh of Dubi Gali, Rakesh Singh (19) son of Baldev Singh of M H Road Udhampur, Mukesh Sharma (22) son of Pawan Kumar Sharma of Ghora Nalla, Parshotam Singh (19) son of Puran Singh of Pancheri, Dalbir Singh (27) son of Badri Nath of Dubi Gali, Hari Raj (53) son of Amar Nath of Seen Thakra, Amit Khatri (35) son of Vinod Khatri of Nepal A/P Jakhani, Govindi Devi (60) wife of Netar Shaen of Haldoni, Nishu Devi (25) wife of Sudesh Kumar of Ghordi, Kul Rattan (47) son of Anant Ram of Barmen, Sukhdev Singh (38) son of  Veer Singh of Khanikote Mahore, Gudoo Devi (38) wife of Sukhdev Singh of Khanikote Mahore, Kundan Singh (38) son of Ram Singh of Uttrakhand, Laxmi Devi (35) wife of Kundan Singh of Uttrakhand, Santosh alias Rogi (56) wife of Atter Singh of Delhi, Deepak Kumar,  son of Attar Singh, Kusam (28) wife of Deepak, Ashish (12) son of Deepak Kumar (all of Delhi Cant), Poonam Sharma (21), daughter of Krishan Sharma of Reasi  and Joginder Singh Rai.
More than a dozen, who had sustained minor injuries, were discharged from the hospital after first aid.

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