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| 31 feared dead in road accidents in Doda, Kargil; over 40 wounded | | |  Early Times Report
KISHTWAR/JAMMU, Nov 05: Tragedy struck two places in Doda and Kargil in J&K since last night after two passenger vehicles met with accidents. While at least 20 persons were feared dead in the Doda mishap, 11 lost their lives at Penzilla on Kargil-Zanskar road.
The two incidents, that came ahead of Eid-ul-Zuha, left the affected families wailing at a time when they were making preparations for the holy eid festival.
The mishap in Doda took place near power grid station at Thathri at about 3 pm today after a minibus (JK02F/9028) skidded off the road on a curve and fell into the mighty Chenab river.
While police confirmed only three deaths and injuries to two others, unofficial reports said at least 20 persons were feared dead.
Our correspondent Asif Iqbal Naik reports from Kishtwar:
The ghost of the tragic road accidents revisited to haunt the people here after a speedly-driven minibus fell into Chenab in the afteroon. Eyewitnesses said at least 20 persons were feared dead in the incident.
The ill-fated minibus was on its way from Doda to Thathri. It fell into the river after its driver lost control over its steering.
The rescue operation was launched by police and locals. Doda district's DC and SSP were also on the spot.
When reports last came in, the rescue teams had fished out three bodies and saved two persons who had sustained serious injuries.
The dead were identified as Mohammad Yousaf, son of Mohammad Ibrahim of Piyakul, Thatri, Irshad Hussain, son of Ghulam Hussain of Thatri, and Barkat Ali of Bharti, Gandoh.
Four of those, who were feared dead, were identified as Reshma, wife of Noor Mahi of Piyakul, Sajjad Hussain of Gandoh, Jai Lal of Barshala, Swami Raj, son of Gouri Lal of Bhadara, Thatri.
The injured included Safdar Hussain, son of Babu Din of Karol, Sarthal, and Suresh Kumar, son of Bhushan Lal of Gali, Thathri. They were admitted to Doda district hospital from where Suresh was referred to the GMC hospital, Jammu, following deterioration in his condition.
The police search was on for the dead and survivors, if any, till late tonight.
Over 100 mts of crash barriers, erected by GREF authorities, got uprooted after the vehicle smashed against them and fell into the river.
Minibus driver Akthar Hussain took the police and local divers to the spot from where the vehicle had fallen.
The vehicle had the seating capacity of 16 persons. As per the version of the injured, all the seats were occupied, SSP Varinder Singh said.
He said it would be improper to comment on the exact number of casualities till all the details were available. Army and navy had been approached for help, the SSP informed.
Safdar Hussain, who escaped with minor injuries, said all the seats in the vehicle were occupied by the passengers. Two persons were standing as they did not get seat, he claimed.
A local driver said the minibus owner had erected a pair of extra seats in the vehicle to accommodate extra passengers.
If Safdar is to be believed, 22 odd persons were in the minibus when the tragedy struck.
Meanwhile, at Penzilla, a bus, carrying 49 passengers, met with an accident late last night, resulting in the death of eleven persons and injuries to 38 others.
The injured were shifted to sub-district hospital, Zanskar, and district hospital, Kargil, for medical treatment.
Sources said eleven passengers were killed and 38 others wounded, four of them critically, after the bus coming to Kargil town from Zanskar went out of the driver's control and fell into a deep gorge at Panzilla pass late last night.
The rescue operation by army, police and local people was started following the information of the incident. LAHDC executive councilor Punchok Tashi also reached the spot and helped in the rescue operation.
Talking to media, he said all arrangements had been made for airlifting two seriously injured persons to Leh. |
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