Five killed, 9 injured as boulder falls on bus
Jammu, Apr 24 (UNI): Five persons, including three women, were killed while nine others were injured when a mini bus they were travelling in came under a boulder after a landslide hit a stretch of road on Wednesday in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Police said the mini bus was on its way from Thathri to Gandoh when the boulder hit at Piyakul belt.
“Preliminary reports suggested that the mini bus, which was crossing the muddy patch, came under debris and rocks after a sudden landslide,” he added.
Local residents and police immediately reached to the spot and after rescuing the passengers, shifted them to the primary health centre at Kahara.
“Three persons died on the spot while 11 others sustained injuries,” the police said said and added that later on, two more succumbed at the health centre.
The deceased were identified as Shakeela Bagum, Mansoor Ahmad, his wife Gulshan Bagum, Mudaser Husain and Kamlesha Devi, all residents of Doda district.
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