3 die in Udhampur accident

Jammu, Mar 12: Three persons were killed when the motorcycle they were riding on, was hit by a truck near Garnai in Udhampur district on Srinagar Jammu National Highway on Tuesday.

Police said, “A team from Police Station Rehmbal, after getting information, immediately rushed to the accident site and shifted the injured to the Government Medical College (GMC), Udhampur, where doctors declared two of them as dead. Third critically injured succumbed when he was being shifted to GMC hospital, Jammu.”

Police identified the deceased as Shahzad Hussain, son of Abdul Aziz; Mubashir Hussain, son of Ghulam Mohd and Vimal Kumar, son of Ramnath, all residents of Doda district. “A case in this connection has been registered and the truck driver too has been arrested,” police said.