SRINAGAR: Three police personnel, including an officer, were injured after an escort vehicle rolled down following a tyre burst near Zirayat Sharief in Awantipora on Monday.
The Scorpio, deployed as the escort vehicle of DYSP DAR Awantipora, met with the accident after one of its tyres reportedly burst, causing the vehicle to roll down.
The injured were identified as DYSP DAR Awantipora Rafiq Ahmed and his two PSOs, SGCT Amir Ahmad and Riyaz Ahmad.
All three were initially shifted to PHC Awantipora for medical attention and were later referred to SMHS Hospital, Srinagar, for further treatment.
Further details about their condition were awaited.
