Excelsior Correspondent
RAMBAN, Oct 27: A dumper and a car rolled down the road in Panthyal area after colliding with each other, resulting into injuries to drivers of both the vehicles.
The mishap occurred around 9:30 this morning at Panthyal area when the dumper (registration number JK19-8206) being driven in a rash and negligent manner by Bashir Ahmad son of Makhna, resident of Sangaldan Gool, from Banihal to Ramban, hit a Swift Dzire vehicle bearing registration number JK02AK-6061.
As per police sources, both the vehicles rolled down about 80/100 metres from National Highway after the collision. In the mishap, dumper driver and driver of the Swift car namely Aamir Ahmad son of Mohd Azad Shaw of Choorat (Kulgam) received injuries. Both the injured were shifted to Primary Health Centre Ramsoo from where they were referred to Sub District Hospital Banihal, where their condition was stated to be stable.
After the mishap, the Swift car was found loaded mercilessly with two bovine animals in its boot (dikki) without any permission. Sources said, the crash barriers along the National Highway at accident site were not in place. “Had the crash barriers been in place, the vehicles might not have rolled down the road,” they said.
A case FIR number 124/2021 under Section 279/337, 188 IPC 11 PCA Act was registered in this connection at concerned police station.
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