One dead, 14 injured as vehicle carrying tourists meets accident on Srinagar-Jammu highway

Banihal, May 02: A 23-year-old youth from Kerala died even as 14 others were injured after a vehicle carrying tourists met with accident as it was on its way to Srinagar along the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway on Thursday night, officials said.

A minibus carrying fifteen passengers had an head-on-collision near Shabanbass area of Banihal resulting in critical injuries to the people inside it.

After the injured were taken to the hospital, one among them identified as Safwan P.P, son of Abdullah, resident of Kerala was declared dead on arrival.

All the injured have been shifted to GMC Anantnag for enhanced treatment. Among them, six people are said to have serious injuries.

The injured have been identified as follows:

1. Simi w/o sanjay kumar R/O Jammu age about 50 years Serious injury (2.) Basim Abdul Bari S/O Ab.Bari R/O Kerala age 25 serious injury (3.)Talhat S/O Ahmed R/O Kerala age 25 serious injury (4) Azhar S/O Khandullah R/O Kerala age 28 mild injury (5) Danish Ali S/O Kabir R/O Kerala age 23 serious injury (6) Nizam S/O Bashir R/O Kerala age 26 Serious injury (7) Mohd Suhail S/O Umar Qayam R/O Kerala age about 24 serious injury (8) Siraj Saleem S/O Rahi Mohd R/O Kerala 25 years normal injury (9) Shamil S/O Beeran Kutty R/O Kerala age 26 yrs. Normal injury (10) Majid S/O Mohd Kutty R/O Kerala age about 25 yrs normal injury (11) Mohd Naveed S/O Mohd Pee R/O Kerala age 25 yrs normal injury (12) Wasif S/O Kaleel R/O Kerala age 24 yrs normal injury (13) Kunal Kumar S/O Sanjay Kumar R/O Jammu age 32 yrs normal injury (14) Sanjay Kumar S/O Jagdev Ram R/O Jammu age 52 yrs.normal injury.