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| 7 die, 5 injured in Kishtwar accident | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Kishtwar, Apr 19 : In a tragic accident in Kishtwar district, seven people died while five other sustained injuries when a Himachal Pradesh bound Tata Sumo bearing registration No. HP01C-3304 on way from Pangi (HP) to Jammu via Kishtwar met with an accident near Drabshala some 25 KM from District Headquarter Kishtwar. The vehicle fell into 500 meter deep gorge and landed on the bank of mighty river Chenab. As per the details available with Early Times, senior police officers, members of Red Cross beside locals from Drabshala area
rushed to the spot and started rescue operation. The injured were rushed to the hospital. According to police five persons died on spot while two among 7 other injured died enroute to Hospital. Among the five injured presently undergoing treatment at District Hospital Doda, the condition of thetwo is said to be critical. The injured informed the police that the driver of the ill fated vehicle lost his control over the vehicle while avoiding a big boulder that rolled down from the adjacent hillock triggered due to heavy rainfall going on in the area since last two days. The local feels that the tragedy could have been avoided in case the GREF authority responsible for maintain the Kishtwar-Jammu National Highway could have installed the crash barrier. The locals also blamed poor road condition for frequent road accident, beside illegal extraction of stone all along the National Highway causes triggering of shooting stones. Meanwhile Ambulance of District Hospital Kishtwar ferrying injured was also hit by shooting stone at Hasti Kishtwar resulted into the minor injuries to the driver of the ambulance identified as Zahid Hussain Saroori. The injured were identified as Tara Chand son of Shri Chand, Santosh son of Chuni Lal, Suman wife of Santosh all resident of Kellar HP, Raman Kumar son of Hardeep Singh resident of Kangra HP, Sher Singh son of Mansa Ram resident of Pangi and one unidentified lady. The deceased were identified as Rakesh Kumar 50 yrs (ASI in Himachal police) resident of Solan, Om Prakesh son of Rajmal (54 yrs) resident of Pangi, Payar Din (54 yrs) son of Jaan Mohamed resident of village Kuthie Chura Chamba, Prithi Raj (45 yrs) son of Narad Ram resident Tatri Sunari Chamba, Shala Devi wife of Tara Chand resident of Pangi, Pasoon son Payar Din and one unidentified dead body.
All the dead bodies were kept inside the morchery of District Hospital Kishtwar from where all the dead bodies will be dispatched to Himachal Pradesh tomorrow.
In another incident CISF jawan identified as constable N K Goswami got minor injuries after being hit by shooting stone while performing his duty at power house site of Dool-Hasti power project. |
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