SRINAGAR: A five-year-old girl and a woman were killed, while 16 others were injured when a passenger bus met with an accident at Gulli Gala in the Ramnagar area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Wednesday.
The bus, bearing registration number JK02AL-3477, was travelling from Pachiound to Ramnagar when the accident occurred.
The deceased have been identified as Takshika, the five-year-old daughter of Rakesh Kumar and a resident of Chatrari, and a woman whose identity was yet to be established.
The injured were being shifted to Sub-District Hospital (SDH) Ramnagar for treatment. Union Minister Jitendra Singh said in a post on X that 10 injured people had reached the hospital, three of whom were being referred to Government Medical College (GMC) Udhampur. He added that three more ambulances were expected to reach the hospital.
Singh said he had spoken to Udhampur Deputy Commissioner Ananth Dwivedi and assured him of all necessary assistance. Rescue operations were under way.
The Union Minister also said he had taken up the construction of the Ramnagar-Basantgarh road with Border Roads Organisation (BRO) authorities in Delhi.
Police have taken cognisance of the incident.
