SRINAGAR — A trucker was killed while another person was injured after the vehicle they were travelling in rolled down into a deep gorge near Shabanbass area of Banhihal in Ramban district this evening.
Reports reaching GNS said that a truck bearing registration number JK05A 8290 on way from Jammu towards Srinagar fell into a deep gorge purportedly after driver lost control over the vehicle due to over speed.
In the incident, two Bandipora residents – driver identified as Nazir Ahmed Sheikh (58) son of Abdul Gani Sheikh and Naveed Nazir son of Nazir Ahmed suffered injuries.
The duo was soon after evacuated in a joint rescue operation by NGO ‘Banihal Volunteers’ and police to SDH Banihal, however the driver succumbed on way even as the injured person was undergoing treatment at the health facility. — (GNS)