Eight persons sustained injuries in separate road accidents in Rajouri and Poonch districts on Sunday.
The police said, “A bus, JK02AP 3696, en route to old bus stand Rajouri from Nagesh workshop bridge, turned turtle. The accident took place at about 11:40 am on the kacha road, which has been constructed along the Hillmilton bridge for temporary vehicular movement.” In the accident, police said, six persons sustained injuries. They were shifted to district hospital, Rajouri, where they are undergoing treatment.
Dr Mehmood Bajar from GMC&AH hospital, Rajouri, told Greater Kashmir: “Six injured were brought into the emergency ward of the hospital at about 12:15 pm. They have been undergoing treatment since then.”
He identified the injured as Shivati Gupta (12), her mother Rutma Gupta (37), Nazir Hussain (40), Zameer Hussain (54) and his wife Iqbal Begum (40), and Hassan Mohammad (50).Dr Bajar further said that the deputy commissioner, Mohammad Aijaz Asad, and additional deputy commissioner, Sher Singh, also visited the hospital and met the injured.
Meanwhile, the locals blamed the public works department for the accident. “Even after repeated requests of improving the temporary road, the department did nothing. Had they listened to our demands, the accident could have been prevented,” they said.
Meanwhile, in Bhimber Gali area of Mendhar, 60-year-old Sayeeda Begum fell from a motorcycle on Sunday afternoon.
Block Medical Officer, Mendhar, Dr Parvez Khan, said, “The woman was shifted to Dhargaloon hospital for treatment, but she was referred to Mendhar sub-district hospital from where she was further referred to Rajouri hospital.”
The BMO said that the woman sustained an injury in her head.
In another accident, a tipper, JK11C 9062, plunged into the roadside fields at Jamola village when it was on its way to Jamola from Saranoo. As a result, the driver received injuries.
He was shifted to Rajouri hospital, where he was undergoing treatment.
Police have taken cognizance of all the incidents.
Furthermore, two boys riding on a motorcycle, JK11A 9813, had a narrow escape after their motorcycle came under a tanker, JK02AJ 4225, near Nowshera bridge.
Both the boys remained unhurt, but the motorcycle was damaged in the accident.
