Tourist killed, 46 injured in twin accidents

Excelsior Correspondent

RAMBAN, Oct 3: Two separate road accidents here today on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway (NH) have left a lady tourist dead and 46 people, including tourists and security personnel, injured.

In first incident, a West Bengal tourist bus bearing registration number WB37D-8989 coming from Srinagar and proceeding towards Jammu hit hillside along the highway near Marog area of Ramban leaving a lady tourist dead and 37 others injured.

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The injured tourists were immediately shifted to District Hospital Ramban for treatment and four seriously injured of them were referred to Government Medical College (GMC) Hospital, Jammu for further treatment.

Meanwhile, in a separate incident, a rescue team vehicle with number JK02CR-1506 carrying Police and CRPF personnel, en-route the tourist bus accident site, turned turtle near Marog on Jammu-Srinagar NH leaving nine personnel injured, including seven J&K Police personnel and two CRPF personnel.

All the injured personnel were shifted to District Hospital Ramban.

Deputy Commissioner Ramban, Mohammad Alyas Khan, SSP Ramban, Arun Gupta and ADC Ramban, Varunjeet Singh Charak visited District Hospital Ramban and took stock of the condition of the injured.

The deceased woman was identified as Jamuna, wife of Rajinder, resident of West Bengal.

Police has taken cognizance of these incidents and started investigations.

Meanwhile, LG, Manoj Sinha has expressed grief over the tragic bus accident in Ramban.

In a post on X, the LG wrote: "Deeply anguished by the tragic bus accident in Ramban, in which one person lost her life. Heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family. Spoke with DC Ramban to ensure best possible treatment for the seriously injured shifted to GMC Jammu. Praying for their speedy recovery."