Two buses collide, 18 injured – Rising Kashmir

JAMMU, June 22: In another accident in Akhnoor in Jammu region, 18 people were injured when two buses collided head-on near Bomal on Akhnoor-Jourian road.
The unfortunate accident occurred on Saturday morning around 11am on the Akhnoor-Jourian road.
“Eighteen people were injured in the accident,” Block Medical Officer (BMO) Dr Mohd Saleem told Rising Kashmir, adding, “Seven injured people were shifted to Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC&H) in Jammu for specialized treatment.”
One of the injured has been shifted to GMC in serious condition. “One critically injured person is in the ICU of GMC,” said Dr Ashutosh, Director of GMC-Jammu, adding, “All other six injured in the Akhnoor accident who have been shifted to GMC-Jammu are stable and responding to treatment.”
Meanwhile, the condition of all the injured admitted to Akhnoor Hospital is stable and some of them have already been discharged, said Dr. Saleem.
The injured in the accident were identified as HarbansLal (46 years), Rinku (19 years), Balbir (46 years), Rajkumari (53 years), Koushalya Devi (75 years), Rita Devi (40 years), Tulsi Kumar (22 years), Sunil Kumar (34 years), Rakesh Kumar (35 years), RiyaChowdhary (19 years), JitanChowdhary (15 years), Abhishek (28 years), ParveshKumari (40 years), KrishanLal (60 years), Mohan Singh (59 years), Rita Devi (40 years), SubhashChander (44 years) and Komal (19 years).