Uri mishap: Death toll reaches 10

Two more persons who were critically hurt in Boniyar Uri road accident succumbed to their wounds at SKIMS on Thursday, officials said.

They said with the fresh casualties the total number of persons who lost their lives in the accident reached to 10.

The deceased have been identified as Shabir Ahmad, son of Abdul Gani and Shabir Ahmad, son of Mohammad Abdullah, both residents of Bujithallan.

On Wednesday afternoon a Tata Sumo bearing registration number JK05D-0946 skidded off the road and plunge into a deep gorge in Boniyar Uri resulting on spot death of seven persons including four females. During the accident eight persons were injured in which one injured later on succumbed at Baramulla hospital.