Father-son duo among three killed in road accident in Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir

Three people, including a father and his son, were killed and five others injured when a taxi skidded off a mountain road in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Sunday, officials said.

The accident occurred near Chalan village when the vehicle was travelling towards Lam. It was coming from Thandikassi, it was said.

The driver of the vehicle, Arun Kumar (32), a resident of Lam, was found dead by rescue workers on the spot, while Mohd Din (65) and his son Mohammad Aslam (40) succumbed to their injuries at Nowshera Sub-District Hospital and Government Medical College Hospital (GMCH) in Rajouri respectively.

Aslam’s wife Shahida (40), his sons Atif (10) and Raza (5), his daughter Asiya (7) and his sister Zareena (36) are being treated at GMCH and their condition is “serious”, officials said.

First uploaded on: 21.07.2024 at 16:18 IST

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