SRINAGAR: The driver of a bulldozer was rescued while its helper is missing after the machine plunged into Sindh nullah near Hung area of Sonamarg along the Srinagar-Leh highway in Ganderbal district last night, officials said on Monday.
An official said that soon after the accident, a rescue operation was launched by the local police which rescued the driver Shahid Ahmad and shifted him to PHC Sonmarg for medical aid. Shahid’s helper, identified as Irfan Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Ganderbal, is missing as per the former’s statement, the official added.
The search is on to trace the missing helper.