Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 12: Two persons were killed and 27 others sustained grievous injuries when an overloaded mini-bus plummeted into deep gorge after colliding head-on with a truck at Marog area in district Ramban on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway this morning.
The ill-fated mini-bus bearing registration number JK14B-0521 plunged into 1050 feet deep gorge after colliding head-on with truck bearing registration number JK02AE- 6059 near Marog area in district Ramban on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway.
After getting information, DC Ramban Farooq Shah Bukhari, police team led by SSP Ramban Randeep Kumar, Army personnel of 109 Territorial Army and 23 Rashtriya Rifles, Quick Response Teams, SDRF and locals rushed to the spot and started rescue operation.
All the 28 injured persons were rushed to District Hospital Ramban in police and other vehicles, where one of the injured identified as Abdul Rahim Bali, son of Lassu Bali of Gandhri failed to respond to the treatment and breathed his last.
Later, seven seriously injured persons were rushed to helipad for airlifting to Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Jammu, but one more injured person namely Sadar Din Wani, son of Hassanjoo of Alanbass also succumbed to his injuries at helipad and six were airlifted to Jammu.
The injured persons admitted in District Hospital Ramban and GMCH Jammu were responding to the treatment, when reports last came in.
The injured have been identified as Dewan Singh (35), son of Pars Ram of Ukheral, Bhim Singh (18), son of Chuni Lal of Pogal, Sanjeet Singh (18), son of Kartar Singh of Digdol, Asif Azar, (16), son of Mohammad Afzal Naik of Maitra Ramban, Shaheena Begum (40), wife of Mohammad Afzal Naik of Maitra, Ramban, Kajal Devi (8), daughter of Ajit Singh of Bhajmasta, Balkar Singh (42), son of Sham Singh of Banjuni Huchak, Sadar Din (60), son of Assanju of Alanbass, Share Mohammad (60), son of Abdul Samad of Neel, Tariq Wani (30), son of Sadar Din of Alanbass, Mohinder Singh (7), son of Partap Singh of Warnal Ramban, Puja Devi (5), Daughter of Ajit Singh of Bhajmasta, Mangat Ram (75), son of Sita Ram of Wigliyan Pogal, Sadam Hussain (20), son of Sadar Din of Alanbass, Jagdeep Singh (28), son of Chain Singh of Reasi, Partap Singh (25), son of Dharm Singh of Sainabathi, Pushpinder Singh (17), son of Kuldeep Singh of Sainabathi, Mohammad Haroon (21), son of Abdul Rahim Bali of Gandhri, Yawar Gani (22), son of Abdul Gani Taq of Alanbass, Des Raj (22), son of Share Singh of Nirthyal Pogal, Partap Singh (43), son of Jai Singh of Warnal, Kalyan Singh (30), son of Mansa Ram of Bhingara, Aseel Ahmed (8), son of Farooq Ahmed of Alanbass, Fiaz Ahmed alias Shabir (19), son of Mohammad Hanief of Alanbass, Gulzar Ahmed (40), son of Abdul Rashid Katoch of Ramsoo Chaka, Mohammad Sharief (37), son of Mohammad Abdullah Bali of Pogal and Raj Nath (75), son of Mohi Dass of Paristan.
A case under FIR number 44/15 under Sections 279, 337 and 304-A RPC has been registered at Police Station Ramban and manhunt has been launched to nab the truck driver, who escaped from the spot.
The tragic accident has brought to the fore inefficiency of the Traffic Police to check overloading of passenger vehicles, which is going on unabated right under the nose of cops in blue deployed on different locations on the National Highway.
Meanwhile, District Development Commissioner (DDC) Ramban Farooq Shah Bukhari distributed immediate relief of Rs 5,000 from Red Cross to each 6 critical injured persons, who were airlifted to GMCH Jammu.
It is to mention that, on March 20, 2015, seven passengers were killed and five others were injured, when a over-loaded Tata Sumo plummeted into gorge near Shaitani Nallah in district Ramban.
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