A thirty-year-old man lost his life in a road accident that occurred at Bhagwati Nagar E-bus stand in Jammu city last night yesterday.
The deceased has been identified as Baldev Raj, 30, resident of Jammu.
The mishap happened when the deceased man, who was driving a motorbike fell prey to road incident and lost his life, when he was trying to save some pedestrians on the road.
After the accident, the victim was taken to Government Medical College and Associated Hospital in Bakshi Nagar and his body handed has been handed over to his family for cremation after post mortem.
The deceased man worked as a Mechanic.
The man is survived by a wife and two kids.
A case under relevant sections of the law was registered at Bhagwati Nagar police station.
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.
Crash
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.
In 2023, the Jammu division reported 3,943 road accidents, resulting in 598 fatalities and 5,486 injuries, and the Kashmir division recorded 2,355 accidents, leading to 295 deaths and 2,983 injuries.
As of January 31, 2024, the current year has witnessed 398 road accidents, resulting in 55 fatalities and 486 injuries.
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