Two residents of Chhattisgarh were among three dead who lost their lives in a road accident on Friday morning in Jammu-Kashmir at Jammu-Srinagar National Highway number one. The deceased identified as Sapan Mandal and Shesh Dasgupta were residents of Ambikapur and Bhatgaon who were heading towards Vaisnav Devi shrine.
According to information received the tempo in which the ill-fated persons were travelling collided head on with a tanker coming from opposite side on Friday morning. The tempo driver was also among dead. The injured have been admitted in government hospital Jammu. About 17 persons were sitting in the tempo when the mishap occurred. The intensity of collision was so much severe that one person died on the spot while two others succumbed on way to hospital. The injured include three children as well. Most of the injured people are residents of Ambikapur and Bilaspur district.
The injured have been identified as Pooja Das, Sanjeet Das, Pusplata Mohan, resident of Ambikapur, Sriram, Pushpa Das Vikalp Das, Sudita Majumdar, Rahul Majumdar, S Aditya Rao, SK Swami, S Shifti Das, all residents of Bilaspur. Sanjeev Mandal, Supria Das of Ambikapur were also among the injured.