Jammu Kashmir: Second major road accident in 24 hours, 8 killed in Rajouri road accident, 20 killed in two days

Posted on 15th Sep 2022 by rohit kumar

The second major road accident occurred in the Jammu division within the last twenty-four hours. So far eight people have been reported killed in this road accident that occurred in district Rajouri. The death toll may increase. According to the information received from the police, this road accident has come to the fore in the Manjakot area of ​​district Rajouri. Here eight people sitting in the bus rolled into the ditch, full of passengers, died on their death while many people were injured. Army, police, and local people are continuing the rescue work. The injured are being taken to the nearest hospital. So far 20 people have lost their lives in these two road accidents that took place in two days.

 

Let us tell you that on Wednesday, 12 people were killed and 27 others were injured in a road accident in Sabjiyan, the border area of ​​Poonch. So far 20 people have lost their lives while 52 people have been injured in this major road accident that took place within the last twenty-four hours.

 

Sources said that as soon as the information about the accident was received, the army, police, and local people reached the spot. A rescue operation is underway. Eight bodies have been recovered from the spot so far. Efforts are on to take the injured to the hospital. Police said that this bus coming from Jammu was going towards Poonch. When the bus was passing through Derry Raliot, a hilly area in the Manjakot area of ​​district Rajouri, the driver lost control of the vehicle and the bus fell straight into the gorge.

 

Some people saw the bus falling into the ditch. He immediately informed the police about it. As soon as the information was received, the army and police reached there for the rescue. They pulled out the injured from the bus that fell into the ditch and brought them on the main road and started transporting them to nearby hospitals. The local citizen said that about eight bodies were pulled out from the bus. These people died on the spot. The injured have been taken to the nearest hospital. The number of injured is said to be around 26.

 

At the same time, DC Rajouri and SSP Rajouri also reached the spot as soon as they got information about this road accident. He inspected the health facilities after expediting the rescue operation. He has also directed to provide better facilities to the injured.

 

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