5 killed, 7 hurt in road accidents in in Rajouri, Reasi districts

Jammu, July 21

Five people, including a father-son duo and a mother-daughter duo, were killed and seven injured in two separate road accidents in Rajouri and Reasi districts on Sunday, officials said. A taxi carrying eight people and proceeding towards Lam from Thandikassi fell off a hilly road near Chalan village in Rajouri in the morning, they said.

The driver of the vehicle, Arun Kumar (32), a resident of Lam, was found dead on the spot, while Mohammad Din (65) and his son Mohammad Aslam (40) succumbed to their injuries at the Nowshera Sub-District Hospital and Government Medical College Hospital (GMCH) in Rajouri, respectively.

Aslam’s wife Shahida (40), sons Atif (10) and Raza (5), daughter Asiya (7) and sister Zareena (36) are undergoing treatment at the GMCH. Their condition is stated to be critical, the officials said.

In another accident, two persons were killed while two others suffered injuries when a Mahindra Bolero car in which they were travelling in rolled 200 feet down into a gorge at Bidda village in Reasi district around 3:30 pm. The deceased have been identified as Guddi Devi and her daughter Shobha.

Devi’s son Mukesh Singh and his minor daughter were rescued and shifted to a hospital in a critical condition, the officials said.