Excelsior Correspondent
RAMBAN, May 19: One person died and two others were rescued in an injured condition after a cab carrying nine passengers skidded off the road and plunged into river Chenab along Jammu-Srinagar National Highway near Duggi Puli area of Chanderkote.
The rescue operation by police, Army and civil quick reaction team was launched, while a team of divers from the Army was also called in to find out the six missing passengers. DC Ramban Mussrat Islam and SP Ramban PD Nitya monitored the rescue operation.
Police sources said the Jammu-bound Innova car bearing registration number HR55J-1678 fell into the fast flowing Chenab near Duggi Puli area of Chanderkote on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway when its driver Mohammad Asif (28), son of Mohammad Rashid, a resident of Uttar Pradesh lost control over the wheel.
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The rescuers immediately swung into action and rescued the driver along with two passengers identified as Bilal Ahmad (25), son of Israr Ahmed of Uttar Pradesh and Rashid (21), son of Nafis of Uttar Pradesh, from the banks of the river, the sources said.
However, Rashid succumbed to his injuries while being shifted to hospital, sources said.
The specially trained Army divers joined the rescue operation and efforts are on to trace the six missing passengers, who are believed to have been either swept away by the current wave or trapped inside the vehicle which is yet to be traced, the sources said.
It is pertinent to mention here that all the passengers travelling in the Innova car were working in a bakery in Kashmir and were on their way back to their home town in Uttar Pradesh.
A case under relevant Sections has been registered at Police Station Chanderkote and investigation initiated.
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