Health official among four killed, eight others injured as Sumo plunges into deep gorge

5 Dariya News

Poonch 13-Aug-2018

Four persons including a woman health official were killed and seven others were injured after a passenger vehicle skidded off the road and fell down  into 250 ft deep gorge in Surankote area of border district Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday.Reports reaching GNS said that a Tata Sumo  (JK02AC-0074) overturned and rolled down near Gursai Mohre today late in the afternoon. In the mishap, eleven persons were injured.All the injured  persons were taken to SDH Surankote where four among them including the woman were declared brought dead, they said."Later, five more critically  injured were referred to district hospital Rajouri from SDH Surankote in critical conditions".The deceased have been identified as Liyaqat Ahmad son of  Khadam Hussain of Gursai, Nissar Hussain Shah son of Faid Hussain Shah of Gursai, Khursheed Ahmad son of Mohd Aslam of Gursai and Koushal  Kanta wife of Madan Mohan of Draba, Surankote.Koushal, was working in Sub-district hospital Mendhar as LHV.SHO Surankote, Mohd Anzar Mir  confirmed the deaths and injury due to the mishap and said that a case under relevant sections of law has been registered and further investigations  were taken up. (GNS)