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Jammu and Kashmir: one dead, 17 injured in two accidents

Jammu and Kashmir: one dead, 17 injured in two accidents
Jammu and Kashmir: One killed, 17 injured in two road accidents · thehansindia.com

On Tuesday, two road accidents happened in Jammu and Kashmir.

In the first accident, a motorcycle hit a taxi and an auto-rickshaw.

Then the auto-rickshaw hit five parked cars.

A teenage boy named Manish Kumar was badly hurt and died at the hospital.

Twelve other people were also injured in this accident.

In the second accident, five CRPF police officers were hurt when their vehicle hit a truck.

The officers were taken to the hospital and doctors are taking care of them.

Police have taken the vehicles involved in the first accident and are investigating.

These mountain roads can be dangerous, and experts say accidents happen because roads are in bad condition, people drive too fast, vehicles carry too much, and drivers get angry on the road.

The traffic department has put special checking squads on these roads to prevent accidents.

Key facts

Fatalities
1 — Manish Kumar, 18, at Government Medical College (GMC) hospital Rajouri
Injured
17 — 12 in Rajouri accident, 5 CRPF personnel in Qazigund accident
Accident 1 location
Tandwal near Rajouri town, Jammu-Poonch National Highway, Rajouri district
Accident 2 location
Levdura near Qazigund, Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, Kulgam district
Vehicles involved (Accident 1)
Two-wheeler, taxi, auto-rickshaw, and five parked cars
Legal action
Case registered at local police station; vehicles seized; two injured in critical condition
Injured CRPF personnel
Inspector Raj Kumar Tiwari, Sub-inspector Rajinder Singh, and three assistant sub-inspectors/constables including Driver Virender
Accident-prone districts
Rajouri, Poonch, Reasi, Doda, Kishtwar, Ramban, Udhampur

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