Eleven including nine girl students killed in road mishap
Srinagar: Eleven students, including nine girls, of a computer coaching institute died and seven others were injured Thursday when the minibus they were travelling in fell into a deep gorge in south Kashmir’s Shopian district, police said.
The vehicle, carrying students from the Poonch-based institute, fell into the gorge near Peer Ki Gali on the Mughal road connecting Bafliaz in Poonch to Shopian, a police official said.
He said 11 students, nine of them female, died in the accident while seven others were injured.
The injured have been evacuated from the scene of the accident to Shopian hospital, police said.
Reports said that a vehicle—Tempo traveler— overturned and fell into a deep gorge, leading to death of 11 students including 9 girls and injuries to seven others. The students were part of a picnic group who were perusing computers from a private computer centre at Surankote.
Soon after the mishap, locals and police launched a rescue operation and evacuated all those onboard the vehicle to District Hospital Shopian.
Additional Deputy Commissioner Shopian Mohammad Saleem Malik confirmed death of 11 persons and injuries to seven others who he said have been shifted to SMHS hospital in Srinagar.
He said that the condition of two among the injured is said to be critical.
Meanwhile, Governor Satya Pal Malik expressed grief over the loss of lives in the accident and announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh each to the next of the kin of the deceased.
In a condolence message, the Governor has conveyed his sympathies to the bereaved families and prayed for peace to the departed souls, an official spokesman said.
Malik has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh each to the next of the kin of the deceased, the spokesman said.
The Governor directed the administration to provide best medical treatment to those injured in the accident and wished speedy recovery to them, he added.
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