Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, July 7: In a tragic road accident, two persons were killed and 54 others got injured, some of them seriously, when a bus carrying marriage party rolled down in a deep gorge at village Kiya near Ramnagar, here this evening.
The injured were shifted to Sub District Hospital Ramnagar where 15 of them were referred to District Hospital Udhampur in view of their serious condition. Among the critically injured, four of them were further referred to Government Medical College Hospital Jammu for the advanced treatment.
Lt Governor Manoj Sinha has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh each for the next of the kin of the deceased and Rs 50 thousands each to the injured. The UT Government will bear the cost of treatment of all the injured. Click here to watch video
The accident took place around 5.15 pm at village Kiya, about 32 kms from Ramnagar town when the bus JK14D-5050, which was carrying a marriage party from village Gundiya to Majodi, skidded off the road and rolled down around 150 feet deep gorge.
On getting information, a police party from Ramnagar, led by SDPO Dr Bhishm Dubey and SHO, Inspector Paramjeet Singh, rushed to the spot and launched a rescue operation with the help of locals. SSP Udhampur Dr Vinod Kumar also reached the spot and supervised the rescue operation.
All the injured were shifted to the Sub District hospital Ramnagar, but two of them succumbed to their injuries on way to hospital. The deceased were identified as Prem Nath (55), son of Lisu, resident of Gundhian and Shambu Kumar (32), son of Munshi Ram, resident of Bassi Marta.
Directing the district administration to ensure the best possible treatment to the injured, Lt Governor Manoj Sinha expressed grief over the unfortunate incident. “Extremely pained by the loss of lives due to tragic road accident in Ramnagar, Udhampur. My deepest condolences to the bereaved families and prayers for speedy recovery of injured,” he said in a statement.
After coming to know about the mishap, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh immediately spoke to Deputy Commissioner Udhampur Krittika Jyotasana and directed her to ensure all possible help to the victims. “My condolence with the bereaved families. All possible help being provided to the injured, those requiring to be referred for further treatment will be accordingly shifted,” he tweeted.
Soon after the accident, a team of Transport Department, led by RTO Jammu Ghanshyam Singh, ARTO Udhampur, Jugal Kishore Sharma and the concerned Motor Vehicle Inspectors, visited the spot to ascertain the technical reasons behind the mishap.
Reports said that the bus was overloaded and driver could not control the vehicle, which rolled down in deep gorge. The bus somersaulted several times and got severely damaged with its roof completely smashed.
Those referred to District Hospital Udhamur in view of their serious condition, were identified as Romi (16), son of Tikoo of Marta, Geeta (50), wife of Phami of Marta, Parkash (10), son of Mast ram of ward number 9 in Ramnagar, Rajinder Singh (20), son of Kripal Singh of Padraka, Raju (40), son of Channa of Bassi Marta, Yash Pal (30), son of Hans Raj of Dudu, Sheeru (45), son of Bikru of Marta, Ashok Kumar (45), son of Paras Ram of Marta, Anku Kumar (22), son of Krishnu of Jandrore, Kaku Ram (50), son of Shiv ram of Padarka, Subash (22), son of Kaku Ram of Birnoo, Kiran Bala (19), daughter of Putta Ram of Gundhian, Kuldeep Kumar (38), son of Babli Kumar of Marta, Ashok Kumar (52), son of Bikru of Marta and Ashok Kumar (45), son of Munshi Ram of Marta.
Among these, Romi, Geeta, Raju and Kuldeep Kumar were further referred to GMC Hospital Jammu for the advanced treatment.
Those undergoing treatment at SDH Ramnagar, were identified as Anjali (10) daughter of Taru of Marta, Kaka (38) son of Babli Kumar of Bassi Marta, Pooja Devi (25) wife of Anku Kumar of Jandror, Raveena (18 months) daughter of Anku Kumar of Jandror, Neha (7) daughter of Anku Kumar of Jandror, Sharda Devi (19) wife of Yog Raj of Gundhian, Taru Ram son of Pritam of Gundhian, Reenu (30) wife of Bijju of Dalsar, Manhor Lal (44) son of Pram Nath of Grat Bari Gundhian, Sanjeev Kumar (45) son of Gian Chand of ward Number 1 Ramnagar, Tarun (12) son of Pritam Kumar of Gundhian, Ganesh Kumar (15) son of Sheeru Ram of Gundhian, Shashi Devi (35) wife of Tottu of Marta, Rattan Lal (45) son of Mulkhu Ram of Gundhian, Rubi Devi (25) wife of Ajay Kumar of Bassi Marta, Kulveer Singh (20) son of Munshi Ram of Padraka, Rekha Devi (23) daughter of Tottu Ram of Marta, Som Nath (75) son of Billu of Marta, Rakesh Kumar (17) son of Bindu of Jandror, Meenakshi Devi (22) daughter of Putta Ram of Gundhianm, Viju Devi (20) daughter of Romesh of Marta, Bittu Ram (45) son of Paras Ram of Dalsar, Pankaj Kumar (18) son of Babli Kumar of Marta, Kala Ram (50) son of Shiv Ram of Gundhian, Jeet Kumar (36) son of Fiqiru of Marta, Neeta Devi (16) daughter of Jeet Kumar of Gundhian, one year old Laksh son of Jeet Kumar of Bassi, Sunita Devi (18) daughter of Jeet Ram of Bassi, Anu Devi (35) wife of Jeet Kumar, Jivika (4) daughter of Jeet Kumar of Bassi, Mohinder Kumar (34) son of Bikru of Marta, Darshan Kumar (40) son of Paras Ram of ward number 9 Ramnagar, Raku Kumar (17) son of Darshan Kumar of Bassi, Sulekha Devi (7) daughter of Ankush Kumar of Jandror, Sachin Kumar (23) son of Babli Kumar of Marta, Anil Kumar (22) son of Sanjay Kumar of Kirmoo, Manvi Devi (7) daughter of Jeet Kumar of Bassi and Varsha (5) daughter of Ajeet Kumar of Bassi.
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