Aman Zutshi
In a tragic incident, several school students have suffered injuries in a road mishap that took place in Bhatindi area of Jammu city on Wednesday (May 8).
The road accident took place when a van bearing registration number ‘JK09A3494’ head on collided with a motorcycle ‘JK02AX8842’ at Bhatindi in Jammu city Wednesday morning, resulting in wounds to the students and the biker.
The number of the hurt students is not known yet.
The police has registered a case in this regard and an investigation is going on.
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.
According to the data released by the J&K Traffic Police, there were 1214 accidents up to March (2024), 144 have been documented as fatal and 1070 as non-fatal.
The data revealed that district Srinagar has witnessed the highest number of accidents, with March alone accounting for 39 accidents in the district. This constitutes 6 fatalities and 42 injuries.
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