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Jammu and Kashmir: one dead, 17 injured in two accidents
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.
A teenage boy, Manish Kumar, 18, was killed and 12 others injured when vehicles collided at Tandwal in Rajouri district.
The Rajouri accident involved a two-wheeler, a taxi, an auto-rickshaw, and five parked cars on the Jammu-Poonch National Highway.
Five CRPF personnel were injured when their vehicle collided with a truck near Levdura in Qazigund, Kulgam district, on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway.
Police seized the vehicles involved in the Rajouri accident and registered a case at the local police station; two of the injured are critical.
Experts attribute frequent accidents on hilly Jammu roads to bad road conditions, over-speeding, over-loading, and road rage.
- Who
- An 18-year-old boy, Manish Kumar, was killed; 17 others were injured, including five CRPF personnel such as Inspector Raj Kumar Tiwari.
- What
- Two separate road accidents — one in Rajouri district and one in Qazigund, Kulgam district — left one person dead and 17 injured.
- Where
- Tandwal near Rajouri town on the Jammu-Poonch National Highway, and Levdura near Qazigund on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, in Jammu and Kashmir.
- When
- On Tuesday, with the Qazigund accident occurring in the morning.
- Why
- The causes of these specific crashes were not stated; experts say frequent accidents on hilly Jammu roads stem from bad road conditions, over-speeding, over-loading, and road rage.
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









