Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, July 12: One person died and ten others were injured in two different road accidents, here today while a pedestrian got injured due to wind pressure of fast moving train.
According to the police reports, a scooterist died while his pillion rider was critically injured when scooter JK14A-1417 was hit by a Tata Mobile JK02B-0785 near Raj Theater Udhampur.
Police and locals rush to the spot and took the injured persons to District Hospital Udhampur, where doctors referred them to Army Hospital Udhampur. However, one of the injured, identified as Vikas Kant (35), son of Krishan Lal of Slathia Chowk Udhampur, succumbed to his injuries.
The other injured, identified as Niten (36) son of Bushan of Karan Nagar, Udhampur, was undergoing treatment at hospital.
In another road accident, a minibus turned turtle near Majalta resulting into injuries to nine persons.
The minibus, bearing registration number JK14C-4508, was on way from Manwal to Nagrota when it met with accident at village Barialta. Locals shifted the injured persons to Primary Health Center (PHC) Majalta where four of them, identified as Vandna (22) daughter of Madan Lal of Majalta, Ashok Gupta (37) son of Mool Raj of Panara, Kali Devi (70) of Pakhbara and Parshotam Lal (32) son of Girdhari Lal of Nili Majalta, were referred to District Hospital Udhampur..
Other injured were identified as Anarjal Singh (60) son of Dharm Singh of Hira Nagar, Palbi Devi (16) daughter of Shamshar Singh of Palater, Suman (22) wife of Pankaj Singh of Nimbla, Apdeshi (16) daughter of Shbil Singh of Ramnagar and Isha Mahajan (16) daughter of Surinder Gupta of Palater
Meanwhile, a pedestrian was injured due to wind pressure of train while talking near the rail track near Mian Bagh Udhampur. GRP took the injured to District Hospital Udhampur where doctors referred him to GMC Hospital Jammu. He was identified as Shashi Pal (40) son of Satpal of Baryal, near Mian Bagh.
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