STATE TIMES NEWS
DODA: Two persons died while three others sustained critical injuries when a vehicle skidded off the road and fell into deep gorge near Chilli-Pingal in Bhalessa area of district Doda on Friday.
According to eyewitnesses, a Tata Sumo bearing registration number JK06-5824 on its way from Malik Pura to Chilli on reaching Malath Nallah, skidded off the road and fell into 200 feet deep gorge, resulting in on the spot death of two passengers including driver and serious injuries to three others.
“Locals and police immediately rushed to the spot and started rescue operation, all the five passengers were evacuated from the gorge and shifted to Community Health Centre Gandoh where doctors declared two of them as brought dead”, said SHO Gandoh Tariq Naik.
The deceased were identified as Mohd Tasleem son of Lassa Zarger resident of Gundow, Bhatyas and Mohd Mussa son of Mohd Yousaf resident of Baglie.
Injured were Taiyab Hussain son of Lal Hussain resident of Chilli, Mohd Rafi son of Qasim Din resident of Baglie and Shad Ali son of Mohd Yousaf resident of Baglei, SHO added.
Later, seriously injured Shad Ali was airlifted to GMC Jammu and other two were shifted to Distt Hospital Doda for further treatment.
Police has registered a case in this regard at Police Station Gandoh.
Meanwhile, Congress leaders expressed deep sorrow and grief over the loss of precious lives in the road accident at Gandoh.
In a joint statement by PCC Vice President and MLA Inderwal Ghulam Mohammad Saroori, JKPCC executive member and former MLA Bhaderwah Mohammed Sharief Niaz, MLC Naresh Kumar Gupta, Senior Congress leader Ghulam Mustafa Azad, Mohd Aslam Goni, Sheikh Mujeeb, PCC Media Coordinator Mehbooba Azad, PCC Publicity Secretary Nadeem Shareef Niaz and others expressed their grief.
