2 dead, 9 injured in Gurez road accident

Two persons, including a teenage girl, died while nine others were injured in a road accident in Gurez area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Saturday.

An official said that Naani Begum (55) and Tabasum Bashir(10) died after a vehicle they were travelling in plunged into a Nallah nearZadkhus on Bandipora-Gurez road.

   

He said that Begum died on way to district hospitalBandipora while Tabasum died on the spot.

“Nine injured persons have been shifted to district hospitalBandipora for treatment,” he said.

Senior Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader and formerminister Naeem Akhtar has expressed grief over the accident.  In a message, Akhtar conveyed his sympathy tothe bereaved families and prayed for eternal peace to the departed souls. Healso prayed for the speedy recovery of all those injured in the accident.

The PDP leader has urged the divisional administration andhealth department to provide all required medical treatment to the injured.

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