By King RJ
Bhadarwah, Sept 05:- Two couples among 7 killed and two injured in two different road accidents across District Doda.
Two couples among 4 killed while one got seriously injured when a vehicle they were travelling in skidded off the road and fell into deep gorge near Doda on Monday early morning.
According to reports, An Alto car JK02AA-6168 was on it's way from Shiva to Bhadarwah, when reached at Galgandar area of Doda, on Doda-Bhadarwah highway, the driver of the vehicle lost control over the steering wheel while negotiating a curve, resulting vehicle skidded off the road and after rolling down fell into Neeru River.
Police and locals shifted all to Associate Hospital GMC Doda, where doctors declared three of them as brought dead, while one succumbed to his injuries at Doda Hospital and Later One seriously injured who was shifted to GMC Jammu also succumbed to his injuries, taking death toll to 5.The deceased have been identified as Vikram Singh 22, his Father Naseeb Singh 62, Mother Satya Devi 58, Retd Pharmacist Lekh Raj 63 and his wife Satisha Devi 60 all residents of Shiva Doda.
In another tragic accident, A swift car bearing registration No JK 14E-0630 met with an accident late last night at Mughal Market near Pranoo area of Doda, in which one died on the spot, one got injured while one was missing.
SSP Doda Abdul Qayoom leading the rescue operation launched by Police and locals at Pranoo area, where after 3 hours of hectic efforts, the body of missing person was fished out from Neeru River.
While confirming the incident, SSP Doda Abdul Qayoom said that total six persons got killed and two injured in two separate accidents on Doda-Bhadarwah highway. One seriously injured person has been shifted to GMC Jammu for further treatment while another is under going treatment at GMC Doda.
"The reason of fatal accidents is not known yet as the road stretch is smooth and black-topped. We have started investigation he cause of mishap," SSP added, appealing that people traveling on the hilly roads should strictly adhere traffic rules, avoid rash and drunken driving.The deceased have been identified as Sajjad Ahmed S/O Fateh Mohd R/O Tangorna Bhadarwah and Ravinder Kmr S/o Bansi Lal R/O Himote Bhadarwah, while the injured has been identified as Piyush Kumar S/O Rishi Kumar R/O Chinta.
Vice-Chairperson DDC Doda Sangeeta Bhagat expressed grief and sarrow over the loss of precious lives in two mishaps and express her condolences with bereaved family and prayed for early recovery of injured persons.
Naresh Gupta Ex MLC Bhadarwah said that unfortunate accident which consumed precious lives of five persons and two serious injuried on Doda Bhadarwah Road in two different accidents.Our demand immediate ex-gratia to all the bereaved family members and to the injured with sophisticated treatment to them. Our solidarity with the bereaved family members and prayer for early recovery of the injured.
