1 person died on the spot and two others got wounded after a tipper (Dumper) slipped off the road and fell into Bislari Nullah at Sherbibi area of Banihal on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway yesterday evening.
Police sources said a rashly driven Dumper bearing registration JK18D-1453 on its way to Jammu from Kulgam, Kashmir slipped off the road and fell into Bisleri Nullah in the Sherbibi area of Banihal.
The deceased were identified as Nawaz Ahmed Bhat (Driver), (30), son of Mohammad Amin Bhat resident of Laissu Kulgam. The injured persons were identified as Parvez Ahmed Wagay,(26), son of Bashir Ahmad Wagay and Zubair Ahmed Sofi, (28), son of Mushtaq Ahmed Sofi both residents of Dhamhall Hanjipora Kulgam, Kashmir.
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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