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Jammu Kashmir: A major accident took place on Monday in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir. A car skidded off the road on the banks of river Chenab and fell 300 feet into Raggi Nalla. Four people died in this accident. While one is injured. He has been admitted to the hospital.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kishtwar Abdul Qayoom further said that the accident took place on the Batote-Kishtwar highway near Raggi Nala and the four bodies were recovered after several hours of strenuous efforts during a joint rescue operation by the police and the local people. Went. While one person was injured. He has been admitted to the hospital.
All those who died are residents of Bhadarwah Bhala and Bharasu. These included two men and two women. The driver of the vehicle is injured in the accident. It is said that four people were going from Pul Doda to Jammu. When they reached near Raggi Nullah, the car skidded and met with an accident.
The driver, a resident of Dansal, Jammu, opened the door of the vehicle to save his life and jumped out. The deceased were identified as Om Prasad s/o Amarnath r/o Bhaderwah Bhala (60), Dr. Ved Prakash s/o Amarnath r/o Bhaderwah Bhala (67), Rajkumari wife Ram Ratan r/o Bharasu (56), Radha Devi wife Om Prasad r/o Bhaderwah Bhala (52).
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Kishtwar Abdul Qayoom, who led the operation, said the occupants of the car were on their way to Jammu from Pul-Doda when the driver lost control of the vehicle while trying to overtake a vehicle. It fell 300 feet down on the banks of the Chenab river. He said preliminary investigation revealed that over-speeding led to the accident.
