A foreign tourist from Saudi Arabia died and a driver was injured after a vehicle they were travelling in met with an accident at Laripora area of Pahalgam, a famous tourist spot in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district.
The Innova vehicle (JK01AG-3438) skidded off the road andturned turtle at Laripora while returning from a nearby Golf Course in Pahalgamon Friday afternoon. In the mishap, the tourist namely Khaleel Ahmad Qureshiand the driver Sameer Ahmad Najar son of Abul Jabbar Najar of Lolab Kupwaradistrict were injured, they said.
“Both the injured were immediately taken to nearby healthfacility where the tourist Khaleel succumbed to injuries,” a local news GNSquoted police officer as having said.