Jammu and Kashmir: Four individuals, together with a married couple, died after the vehicle they have been travelling with skidded off the road and rolled 300 toes down on the financial institution of River Chenab in the Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir. The officers knowledgeable that the incident came about on Monday on the Batote-Kishtwar freeway at Raggi Nallah
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kishtwar Abdul Qayoom additional mentioned that three our bodies have been recovered. While one individual is injured one other is reportedly lacking.Â
The accident came about at Raggi Nallah on the Batote-Kishtwar National Highway and the our bodies of the deceased have been fished out throughout a joint rescue operation by police and native volunteers after a number of hours of hectic efforts, they mentioned.
Doda Senior Superintendent of Police Abdul Qayoom, who led the rescue operation, mentioned the vehicle was on its approach from Pul-Doda to Jammu, when its driver reportedly misplaced its management whereas overtaking one other vehicle and skidded off the road and landed on the financial institution of Chenab after 300-feet fall.
“Bodies of four people were retrieved and one more was rescued in an injured condition and shifted to Government Medical College, Doda,” the officer mentioned. He mentioned preliminary investigation prompt overspeeding as the explanation for the accident.
The officers recognized the deceased as Om Prasad (60), his spouse Roda Devi (52) and elder brother Ved Prakash (67) of Gajoth-Bhalla, and their relative Raj Kumari (56) of Bharasu village.
(with inputs from PTI)
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