Jammu and Kashmir: One dead, 11 UP based travellers injured in accident inside 'Navyuga Tunnel'

JAMMU: A person was killed and around eleven others suffered injuries after a bus carrying UP based tourists met with an accident inside "Navyug Tunnel" connecting

Banihal

and

Qazigund

, police said

Police sources said, “Today at 1630hrs a

Maxi Cab

(JK02AT-6530) coming from Katra towards Srinagar when reached inside

Navyuga Tunnel

(Tube Number one), it lost control due to over speed resulting the vehicle turn turtle.”

“In the said accident one person died on spot and eleven persons injured. The passengers hail from

Defence Colony

Bareilly Uttar Pradesh (UP). All injured persons have been shifted to Sub District Hospital (SDH) Banihal for treatment with the NGO Banihal volunteers & police.”

“Driver of the vehicle, namely Tariq Ahmed (18) died on the spot,” police sources said.

Police sources said, “Injured persons identified namely as Anil Verma (62) son of B L Verma; Chander Kali (40) son of Damudhar; Riya (21) daughter of Raj Kumar; Anjali (23) daughter of Damudhar; Sandhya (45) wife of Rakesh Kumar; Uma Sharma (45) son of Ram Avad; Sana (45) wife of Rakesh Kumar and Priya (18) daughter of Dhamundher have been hospitalized at nearby health facility.”

They added that three injured namely as Sushil Kumar (50) son of Radha Ram; Pinkey (20) daughter of Chotu Lal and Inder Ban (45) son of Jagdish Ban have been referred to Govt medical College, Anatnag owing to the critical injuries”