2 girls crushed under crane in Ramban

In a tragic accident two minor girls were crushed to death after a crane rolled down on a road at Dalwass falling under Chanderkot police station in Ramban district Friday evening.

Police told Greater Kashmir that a crane bearingregistration number JK02BT-7901 of a contractor engaged in earth cutting andexcavation for a under construction highway turned turtle on Jammu SrinagarHighway near Sawani link road while it was on way to Dalwass from Nashriresulting in on spot death of one minor girl identified as Sunita Devi (5)daughter of Naresh Kumar resident of Dalwass while Laxhmi Devi (10) daughter ofBittu resident of Dalwass succumbed during treatment at District Hospital Ramban.

   

Both the girls were standing alongside the road when theincident took place.

Police said the body of Sunita was shifted to BatoteHospital whereas the body of Laxmi Devi was lying at District Hospital forconducting postmortem and other legal formalities.

SSP Ramban, Anita Sharma, said FIR number 66 under section237/279/304a RPC has been registered at Police Station Chanderkote for furtherinvestigations.

She further added that the operator of machine identified asSanjeev Kumar resident of Punjab has been arrested.

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