CISF Jawan killed in road mishap at Assar
STATE TIMES NEWS
Jammu: Two persons were killed and as many injured when their car skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in Reasi district on Sunday, police said.
The accident took place near Shila Shajroo around 7 am when the driver of the car was negotiating a blind curve on the Reasi-Mahore Road, a police official said.
He said the locals launched a rescue operation and found Sakeena Begum (40) and her son Imtiyaz Ahmad (20) dead. Begum’s husband Abdul Majid (45) and daughter Nazmeen Kousar (15) were rushed to the district hospital in critical condition, the police official said.
Meanwhile, a 32-year-old Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) jawan was killed when his car skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge in Doda district, officials said.
The jawan, Mohd Jaan, was posted in Kishtwar district and was travelling to his home at Kora village in Udhampur following the death of his father a few days back, the officials said.
The jawan lost control over his vehicle on reaching near Assar village and it rolled down into a deep gorge, they said, adding he was rescued in an injured condition but succumbed to injuries during treatment at a hospital.
