Jammu, April 14
One person was killed and 9 others were injured on Monday in a road accident near Banihal town in Jammu and Kashmir’s (J&K) Ramban district.
Officials said that the accident occurred at around 4 am on Monday when a Tata Mobile vehicle carrying 11 members of two Bakarwal families from Tehsil Teryath in Rajouri district was on its way to Srinagar.
“As the vehicle reached the railway bridge in Banihal, it overturned and struck the bridge wall.
“One person died on the spot while nine others were injured. The injured were shifted to Sub-District Hospital in Banihal town and later shifted to Government Medical College (GMC) Hospital in Anantnag for further treatment.
“Police have taken note of the incident”, officials said.
Traffic department officials attribute overloading, overspeeding, road rage, rash and negligent driving as the main causes of accidents on roads and highways.
Driving of vehicles by minors have caused many deaths in Kashmir and in order to curb the menace, the regional transport office has published punishments for such offences including imprisonment of parents allowing minor children to drive and cancellation of registration certificates of vehicles found to be driven by minors.