Two Killed In Nowyug Tunnel Accident On Jammu-Srinagar Highway

Srinagar, April 02: Two people injured in a road accident near the Nowyug Tunnel on the Jammu-Srinagar highway last evening succumbed to their injuries, an officials said here on Wednesday.

Around 8:40 pm Tuesday, a Hector vehicle traveling from Jammu to Srinagar lost control near the Nowyug Tunnel due to overspeeding and collided with a divider and a police barrier, they said.

The crash left five people including a Special Police Officer (SPO) injured.

All Injured were shifted to Emergency Hospital Qazigund for treatment, where from they were shifted to Government Medical College Anantnag for further treatment.

“One injured person Zubair Ahmad Wani of Heerpora Shopian was declared dead on his arrival. A second person identified as Mushtaq Ahmad Dalal, a resident of Shopian succumbed to his injuries during the night,” officials said.

Police registered a case under section 281,125(a), 324(4) BNS in Police Station Qazigund Kulgam and took up the investigation.

Six days ago, an accident took place inside the Navyug Tunnel in which 17 people, including the driver, were injured after an SRTC bus overturned. (DE)