Jammu, June 14 : Three residents of Haryana were killed and two others sustained injuries after a car collided with a passenger bus near the Jagti-Karli area of Nagrota on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway during the intervening night of June 13 and 14, officials said on Sunday.
According to official sources, the mishap involved a car bearing registration number HR29BB2127 and a bus bearing registration number JK02AJ9933. The impact of the collision left all five occupants of the car critically injured.
Police personnel rushed to the spot and shifted the injured to the Government Medical College (GMC), Jammu, for treatment. However, two of the victims were declared brought dead on arrival, while another succumbed to his injuries during treatment at the hospital.
The deceased have been identified as Sikander Saifi, a resident of Ballabhgarh, Haryana; Shakti, also a resident of Ballabhgarh, Haryana; and Mohit Verma, son of Sunil Verma and a resident of Ballabhgarh, Haryana.
The injured have been identified as Deepak Verma, son of Manoj Verma, a resident of Ballabhgarh, Haryana, and Kuldeep Sharma, son of Inderpal Sharma, a resident of Bahudutt.
Police have taken cognizance of the incident and initiated an investigation to ascertain the circumstances leading to the fatal accident. Further details are awaited. (KNC)
