Three dead as vehicle falls into gorge in Poonch
Jammu: Three people were killed and two others injured on Wednesday when a passenger vehicle skidded off the road and plunged into a 200-feet-deep gorge in Poonch district, police said.
The accident took place near Chunga around 6.45 pm when the driver of an SUV on its way to Shungus from Mendhar lost control while negotiating a curve, a police official said.
He said the rescuers immediately rushed to the scene and retrieved two bodies from the vehicle.
Three others were rescued in an injured condition and later one of them succumbed at a hospital, the official said.
A police official said that a Tata sumo vehicle bearing registration number (HR-1939) on way from Mendhar towards Chunnga Namah, skidded off the road fell into the gorge near Chunnga Main at about 18.45 p.m., resulting in serious injuries to five persons. All the injured were removed to hospital. However three of them succumbed to the wounds later.
The deceased have been identified as Khadam Hussain (65), Mohammad Zahir (driver) and Gulraz Ahmed (45), all residents of village Chungga Mendhar.
The injured have been identified as Tazeem Akther wife Gulraz Ahmed and their 7-year-old son Naveed-Ul –Hussan.
Block Medical Officer Mendhar Dr Parvaiz Ahmed Khan said that three ambulances were rushed to the spot for shifting the injured to Government Sub District Hospital Mendhar. (with inputs from PTI, GNS)
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