Mother, son duo killed in road mishap

Excelsior Correspondent
KATHUA, May 19: Mother- son duo was killed while other three members of the family were injured in a tragic car accident that took place at Seswan near Chadwal on Jammu -Pathankot National Highway this morning.

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The tragic accident took place when the ill fated car in which five members of a family were travelling collided with a safety wall on Highway and the vehicle skidded off the road on Jammu -Pathankot National Highway near Chadwal in Kathua district this morning resulting into the death of mother -son duo and injury to other three members of the family.
Police said that the ill fated car bearing Registration Number DL 8CAA-5714 was on its way from Delhi to Jammu and after reaching at Seswan Morh near Chadwal, the driver lost the control over the vehicle and it skidded off the road. The local people rushed towards the accident site immediately to rescue the inmates of the car. All the five members were immediately shifted to GMC Kathua in a serious condition where the doctors declared Nisha Sharma , 36 wife of Varun Sharma resident of Gangyal, Jammu and her two year old son, Riday Sharma as brought dead.
Varun Sharma, son of Tara Chand Sharma and his two daughters , Sunaina, 14 and Trisha Sharma 8 were seriously injured in the accident. The injured were referred to GMC Jammu for treatment after getting medical aid at GMC Kathua. The Chadwal police has registered a case under relevant sections of the law and started investigation into the matter. The bodies were also handed over to family members for last rites by the police after completion .