Excelsior Correspondent
RAMBAN, June 27: A driver and his associate received injuries when the petrol tanker they were travelling in skidded off the road and turned turtle at Shahbanbas area, falling under the jurisdiction of Banihal police station.
As per police sources, a petrol tanker was on its way to Srinagar from Jammu, when the driver lost control over the vehicle and it turned turtle near Shahbanbas area on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway.
After getting information, police team rushed to the spot and with the help of locals shifted the injured persons to Sub-District Hospital (SDH) Banihal, where they were responding to the treatment, when reports last came in.
The injured have been identified as Rampal (driver), son of Sansar Chand and Jeevan Singh, son of Amar Nath, both residents of Tamator Morh, tehsil Chenani, district Udhampur.
A case in this regard has been registered at Banihal police station and investigation started.