| Three dead, one missing in separate accidents | | |  Early Times Report
Kathua/Doda, Mar 28: Three people, including a woman, were killed and one other went missing in two separate road accidents in Kathua and Doda districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, officials said.
While two-motorcycle borne youths were crushed to death by a truck in Kathua, a woman died and one other person went missing after their vehicle rolled down a hill into river Chenab in Doda, the officials said.
They identified the deceased who met with an accident at Muthi Morh in Nagri area of Kathua as Panchu Din (23) and Liaqat Ali (19).
A hunt has been launched to nab the truck driver, who abandoned his vehicle after the accident and fled the scene, the officials said.
In the second accident In a tragic accident in Doda District, One person died another injured one is still missing after a car in which they were travelling in met with an accident Pul Doda as a result of which it falls into the reservoir of Baghliar power project.
An official told the Early Times, that a WagnonR car bearing registration No. DL9CP-9813 rolled down into river Chenab near Pul Doda, resulting in on spot death to one person identified by the police sources as Vakila Devi wife of Hari Lal R/o Panshi died while Lekh Raj S/o Hari Lal R/o Panshi was injured.
As soon as the accident took place, the people and the rescue team immediately rush to the spot and retrieve the dead body from the accident site while the injured was shifted to Government Medical College Doda.
One person is said to be missing after strong water currents washed his body and is presumed to be dead.
The local administration with the help of “chenab rescue team” has launched a search operation in river Chenab which is still going on when last reports came in. |
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