Police said that In a tragic road mishap twelve passengers including six members of a family , driver of the vehicle and a police jawan were killed while seven others suffered injuries when a Tempo traveller in which they were travelling collided with a bus coming from opposite directions near Bhagyal More Kathua NHW under the jurisdiction of Police Station Kathua in the wee hours of today.
. The ill-fated Tempo traveller bearing registration No. JK02W/2740 was on its way from Lakhanpur to
The deceased have been identified as Sansar Chand (70 years) his wife Rano Devi (65 years) their son and daughter in-law namely Ashok Kumar (45 years) his wife Anita Devi (40 years) and their two sons namely Ankit(17 years) Vishit alias Gugu (14 years) and constable Ramesh Kumar r/o Domana his wife Champa Devi (33 years) and their son Bhanu (3 years) , driver of the tempo traveller namely Kamal Kumar s/o Sita Ram r/o Lamberi Sunderbani and his wife Seema Devi.
However , the injured who were admitted in DH Kathua have been identified Harpreet Singh s/o Gurmukh Singh r/o Amritsar , Rakesh s/o Gopal Chand r/o Taran Amritsar (Punjab) , Prinia Chowhan s/o Brij Mohan r/o Amritsar , Ajay Paul Singh s/o Narinder Singh r/o Chawla Mandi Amritsar , Sachin s/o Vinod Sharma r/o Amritsar , Atrul Pathania s/o Gurmukh r/o Amritsar ,Radhim s/o Romesh r/o Domana . Out of the injured the critically two wounded persons namely Atul pathania and Radhim were shifted to GMC Jammu for specialized treatment .
In another road mishap one passenger was killed while fourteen others injured , when a bus travelling in it, skidded off the road and turned turtle at Gandeer Pulli under the jurisdiction of PS Billawar this evening. On receipt of the information local police rushed to the spot and shifted the occupants of the vehicle to Billawar hospital where one of them was declared as brought dead. The deceased was identified as Nirmal s/o Sarnoo r/o Dhar Dignoo .
Meanwhile, one person namely Shafqat Hussain s/o Noor Hussain r/o Kan-Kote Poonch died on the spot when a tipper rolled down at Kalidhar Gala under the jurisdiction of PS Pouni this afternoon.
The Governor, N. N. Vohra, has expressed profound shock and grief over the loss of precious human lives in a tragic road accident near Kathua today.
The Governor expressed sympathy with the bereaved families and prayed for speedy recovery of the injured. He also prayed for eternal peace to the departed souls.
Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah has expressed profound grief over the loss of life in a road accident near Kathua in the wee hours of Tuesday.
Mr. Omar has expressed sympathy with the bereaved families and asked the administration to provide best possible healthcare to the injured. He has prayed for the peace to deceased and early recovery of the injured.
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