5 dead, 7 injured in two separate road accidents in J&K

Jammu Tawi, July 21: Five people, including a father and son and a mother and daughter, were killed and seven injured in two separate road accidents in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri and Reasi districts on Sunday, officials said.

A taxi carrying eight people, travelling from Thandikassi to Lam, overturned on a hilly road near Chalan village in Rajouri this morning, they said.

The driver of the vehicle, Arun Kumar (32), a resident of Lam, was found dead by rescuers at the scene, while Mohammad Din (65) and his son Mohammad Aslam (40) succumbed to their injuries at Nowshera Sub-District Hospital and Government Medical College Hospital (GMCH) in Rajouri respectively.

Aslam’s wife Shahida (40), sons Atif (10) and Raza (5), daughter Asiya (7) and sister Zareena (36) are undergoing treatment at the GMCH and their condition is “serious”, officials said.

In another accident, a Mahindra Bolero car carrying four family members rolled down 60 metres into a gorge near Bidda village in Reasi district around 3.30 pm. Guddi Devi and her daughter Shobha were killed on the spot.

Devi’s son Mukesh Singh and his minor daughter were rescued and taken to a hospital in critical condition, the officials said. (Agencies)