Srinagar, Mar 21: A tourist was killed and four others injured after a vehicle they were travelling in met with an accident in the Bijbehara area in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, officials said.
They told that an ETIOS car JK02BE 3157 and a truck JK03A 8931 collided near Arwani bridge in Bijbehara, resulting in injuries to 5 persons. “One among the injured persons identified as Karuna Sardar (35), wife of Dayal Sardar, a resident of Kolkata, succumbed soon after”, they said.
The injured persons identified as Rakesh son of Ratan Lal of Udhampur, Nandita Vedi and Bahnolal Chjerveti both residents of Kolkata and an unidentified man, were evacuated from the site to a nearby hospital for treatment, they said.
Confirming the incident, a police official said that a case has been registered in this regard for further investigations.
