Srinagar, Nov 15: Four people died and six others sustained injuries during a collision between a dumper truck and a passenger cab on the Ring Road in central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Saturday evening.
According to locals, the accident occurred at Waterwani, Budgam, on the Ring Road while a family was on its way to attend a function.
A local said that the accident occurred in the evening, and both vehicles were severely damaged.
Immediately after the incident, locals from the nearby area rushed to the spot and pressed an excavator machine into service to pull the stuck vehicle.
“The scene was horrific as bodies were lying inside the car. Some were found dead on the spot while the injured were rushed to a hospital for treatment,” Naveed, a local, told Greater Kashmir over the phone from the accident spot.
The locals said the impact of the collision was severe as the passenger cab was crushed from the front.
“The cab was crushed and its parts were lying by the roadside,” the locals said.
The accident occurred at around 9 pm when the members of an extended family were returning to their home after attending a function in a nearby village.
However, after heading from the Ring Road towards the main road in Budgam, the cab collided with a dumper truck coming from the opposite direction.
The deceased have been identified as Nisar Ahmad Rather, 40, son of Ghulam Ahmad Rather and his 10 year-old daughter Zainab, Bashir Ahmad Rather, 36, son of Muhammad Qasim, and Khotna Bano, 60, wife of Ghulam Hussain Rather.
The injured have been identified as Zona Bano, 70, wife of late Ghulam Muhammad Rather, Shah Bano, 50, wife of Muhammad Qasim Tantray, Ghulshan, 50, wife of Ghulam Mustafa Rather, Safa, 40, wife of Muhammad Qasim Dar, Tasdeeq Hussain, 25, son of Bashir Ahmad Dar, and Raja Bano, 48, wife of Mehdi Rather.
An official said that all the injured were rushed to the District Hospital Budgam for treatment, from where they were referred to SMHS Hospital, Srinagar.
“Two of the six injured are serious. But the treatment of all the injured is going on,” the official said.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah expressed shock and grief over the accident.
“He (CM) has directed the administration to provide every possible assistance and ensure urgent medical care for the injured. The cause of the accident shall be thoroughly investigated,” Office of the Chief Minister, J&K posted on ‘X’.
