Two girl students were killed and eleven others injured when a passenger vehicle they were travelling in skidded off the road in Tanghdar area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district.
“Today afternoon one TATA Sumo bearing registration No. JK01F/2491 turned turtle near Thoker Post in Taad area of Tanghdar, resulting in injuries to 13 passengers”, a police officer said.
All the injured were immediately shifted to nearby hospital where two girls succumbed to injuries. Muqads Rashid
The officer identified the deceased as Rubina D/ O Mehr Din and Maqadas Rashid D/O Ab. Rashid both the residents of village Hajitara.
The injured were identified as Nasreena Bano D/O Bashir Ahmad, Jawahara D/o Mohd Sayeed, Afrooza D/O Ab Rashid, Nasreen D/o Ab Rashid,Rabia D/O Mohd. Sayeed, Nashada Bono D/O Bashir Ahmad, Nowsheena D/O Mohd Shafiq, Reyaz Ahmad S/O Wali ur Rehman, Shazia Bano all residents of Hajitara ,Mohd Sayeed S/O Mohd Qasim, Sharafat S/O Liaqat Ali, zameer ahmad S/O Gh Rubani residents of Taad.
After completion of all medico legal formalities, bodies of the deceased have been handed over to their family members for last rites, the officer said.