Srinagar, Feb 9: A class 12th student died after being hit by a car in Parray Pora area of the south City Thursday morning. The accused driver was also a student, police said.
 The accident occurred at around 7:30 AM when Irtiqa daughter of Abdul Ahad resident of Khan Mohalla Paraypora was hit by a Maruti 800 bearing a non-local registration number GA08A-4205.
 Badly wounded Irtika was rushed to hospital where as per police she breathed her last in the afternoon.
 Commenting over the issue, SDPO Sadder Shabir Ahmed Shah said the accused was also a student and was driving to tuition for entrance coaching.
 He identified the accused as Shaila Shafi daughter of Muhammad Shafi Khawaja of Natipora.  Police has registered a case in this regard and the accused has been detained. 
 The accident triggered resentment from the locals who said the road had become a hub of accidents adding that police had failed to act.
 Meanwhile a car JK01Q-4472 hit and injured a pedestrian Ghulam Rasool Kirmani son of Late Muhammad Ramzan resident of Khayam at Boulevard near Koh-e-Sulaiman crossing. Police has registered a case in this regard.

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