Aman Zutshi
In a tragic road mishap, 7 individuals are injured when a vehicle in which they were travelling turned turtle in Assar area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district on Thursday (April 18).
According to the sources, 7 people have suffered injuries in Assar on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway when a Tempo bearing JK12-2077 on way from Doda to Jammu overturned due to high speed.
After the accident, the accident victims were shifted to PHC Assar for Treatment. However, two people more critical were shifted to GMC Doda for advanced treatment.
There were eleven persons who were travelling in the Tempo bound to Jammu from Doda.
Further details are awaited.
On 15 November 2023, 39 people died and 17 more were injured when the driver of a passenger bus lost control and the vehicle plunged into a 300–400 ft (91–122 m) deep gorge in the hilly area of Doda district in Jammu and Kashmir.
The bus, which had registration number JK02CN-6555, was carrying 54 passengers, a driver and a conductor, when it plunged from the Batote-Kishtwar national highway near Trungal-Assar and fell 300–400 feet (91–122 metres) down a gorge. The bus landed on a disused road, 2.5 miles (4 km) from Rajgarh. The bus was over its 38 passenger capacity, which may have contributed to the driver being unable to negotiate the tight turn
As per a report, J&K ranked second across India in the tally of 10,000 vehicle accidents in this period with an average of 900 deaths a year. A total of 4,165 accidents were reported up to August last year. Tragically, 580 individuals (till the end of this year, the number is expected to cross 1,000) lost their lives, and 5,565 others sustained injuries in these incidents. The fatality rate is higher than Delhi, Maharashtra.
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