SRINAGAR: A youth was killed and another critically injured after a car overturned on KP Road in the Mattan area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Thursday evening.
The accident occurred at Bumzoo when a Polo vehicle bearing registration number DL3CCN8591, traveling from Pahalgam towards Anantnag, lost control and overturned.
Two passengers sustained critical injuries in the incident and were immediately shifted to Sub-District Hospital Seer Hamdhan for treatment.
One of the injured, Umer Bashir Bhat, son of Bashir Ahmad Bhat and a resident of Pazalpora Bijbehara, later succumbed to his injuries at the hospital.
The other injured has been identified as Yawer Manzoor Lone, son of Manzoor Ahmad Lone, also a resident of Pazalpora Bijbehara. His condition is reported to be critical.
Authorities have taken note of the incident, and further details are awaited. [KNT]
