Kashmir

Girl student killed, 17 injured after college bus overturns in Handwara

SRINAGAR — A girl student died and 17 others were injured after a college bus they were travelling in met with an accident in North Kashmir’s Handwara on Saturday, officials said.

A bus of Government Degree College Handwara carrying 27 students for picnic lost control and turned turtle near Vodpora area of Handwara, they said.

The officials said that the injured were taken to a hospital in Handwara where one girl student was declared brought dead.

Two of the injured were referred to a hospital here, while 15 were undergoing treatment at the Handwara hospital, they said. — (PTI)