Jammu, March 15
Fourteen passengers of a mini-bus
were killed and 23 injured as the overloaded vehicle fell into a nullah at
Batroo near Ramban in Doda district today.
The condition of four injured was
stated to be critical. The injured have been admitted to a hospital at Ramban,
180 km from here on the Jammu-Srinagar highway. Those in serious condition are
being shifted to the medical college hospital here.
The police said 11 persons
died on the spot while three succumbed to their injuries at the hospital.
The
ill-fated Matador was on its way to Ramban from Ukhral when the driver
apparently lost control over the vehicle while negotiating a turn.
The police
and doctors reached the spot from Ramban to extricate the dead and those
injured. Three critically injured were flown here in a helicopter.
