Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 11: A 19-year-old girl was today crushed to death by a trailer in Jourian area of Akhnoor.
According to a police official, the mishap occurred this morning on Jourian-Pallanwala Road at Troti. Giving details of the mishap, he said that a girl identified as Shikha Sharma daughter of Darshan Lal, resident of Mothi Maira (Jourian) was travelling on a bike bearing registration number JK02BX-5772 with her cousin and on reaching Troti, their bike was hit by a trailer (registration number RJ31-8342) due to which the girl fell down and her head was crushed by the rear tyre of the trailer.
“In the mishap, the girl died on the spot after which her body was shifted to Sub District Hospital, Akhnoor and handed over to her legal heirs for last rites after getting conducted postmortem”, he said, adding, a case in this connection was registered and driver of the trailer namely Lakhvir Singh, son of Sukhdev Singh, resident of Hiran Bali (Rajasthan) was arrested. Both the vehicles involved in the mishap were also seized, he further added.
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