35 killed in J&K road accident
Jammu, July 1 (IANS) Twenty four people were killed and 17 injured on Monday in a road accident in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, police sources said.
The incident happened when a mini bus from Keshwan village headed to Kishtwar town went out of the driver’s control and plunged into a deep gorge. Senior civil, police and army officers have rushed to the spot.
#UPDATE: Death toll rises to 35. 17 people are injured, 3 out of whom have been airlifted to Jammu. Another helicopter flew to Kishtwar to airlift more injured. https://t.co/FOgS4tYypZ
— ANI (@ANI) July 1, 2019
Relief and rescue operation is underway and the injured are being shifted to hospital, the sources said.
Overloading, over-speeding and dilapidated road conditions have caused tragic accidents in the hills of Doda, Kishtwar, Rajouri and Poonch districts in the past as well.
On June 27, 11 students of a private computer training institute were killed in a tragic accident in Pir Ki Gali area of the Mughal Road that connects the Rajouri-Poonch districts in the Jammu division.
Following this accident, authorities in Poonch district have banned all excursions by educational institutions unless specifically allowed by the district administration.
–IANS
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