Two people were killed when a truck skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge in J&K’s Ramban district on Saturday, officials said. The truck was en route to Srinagar from Jammu when the driver lost control of the vehicle, after which the truck rolled down into a deep gorge in the Nachilana area, they said.
Both the truck driver and helper died on the spot, the official added. The bodies have been taken to Sub-District Hospital Banihal for medico-legal formalities, a police official said.
The driver has been identified as Raju, a resident of Udhampur district. The police have begun an investigation into the cause of the incident. Earlier on Tuesday, in a separate accident, two people were killed while nine others sustained injuries in a head-on collision between a traveller tempo and a Tata mobile near Chattiyar-Chingus in Rajouri district early Tuesday morning.
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The intense collision triggered an immediate rescue operation involving the army, police and local teams. The deceased were identified as Insha Fatima (26), daughter of Akhtar Ali of Dhanwan Kote, and Farzana Begum (50), wife of Mohammad Iqbal from Fatehpur. The injured were later referred to GMC Rajouri for specialised treatment, the official added.
Meanwhile, on Friday, the Jammu district administration disbursed over ₹50 lakh as compensation to the families of those killed or injured in the road accidents under the JK Road Accident Victim Fund Rules, 2022.
As per officials, ₹50.50 lakh were transferred directly to the beneficiaries’ bank accounts in the last three months.
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