One killed, another injured as car rams into stranded truck

Excelsior Correspondent

UDHAMPUR, July 17: One person died and another sustained serious injuries when a car, they were travelling in, rammed into a stranded truck on the Udhampur National Highway near Traffic Naka in Garnai, here today.
According to the police report, an over speeding Alto car, bearing registration number JK06-3807 and on way from Doda to Jammu, rammed into rear side of a stranded truck (JK16A-1253) at Garnai.
A Police party, led by SHO Rehambal Rajesh Sharma rushed to the spot and shifted the injured persons to District Hospital Udhampur where one of them succumbed to his injuries.
The deceased was identified as Javed Iqbal (60), son of Mohd Sharief Wani of Buttla, Tehsil Bhaderwah in District Doda. The injured was identified as Mohd Ashraf (40), son of Jaan Mohd, resident of Bhaderwah, who was driving the car.