NEELUM VALLEY/DADU: Eleven persons including five members of a same, were killed and seven other persons sustained injuries in two road accidents occurred in Neelum Valley of AJK and Dadu on Sunday.
According to police and health authorities, six women died when a jeep plunged into a ravine in Neelum Valley of Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday. The authorities informed that the jeep fell into a gorge near Dodhniyal in Azad Kashmir’s Neelum Valley, killing three women Shamim Bibi, Zaiwar Jan, widow Amin Malik, Altaf Jan, Bibi Guddi and Rani Bibi.
The injured were identified as Walayat Bibi, Sobia Bibi, Habib Jan, driver Fida Hussain and Muhammad Bashir.
The women, after casting their vote were on their way back home when the tragedy struck. The voting at polling station numbers 07 and 08 in Beesiyanwali in Dodhniya was temporarily suspended due to the accident.
It may be mentioned here that voting in local body elections is taking place throughout Azad Kashmir today.
In DADU, five members of a family were killed and two others injured in a car-tractor crash on Indus Highway in Khairpur Joso area on Sunday.
According to police, the family belonging to Ratodero town, was travelling in a car, which collided with a tractor, killing Syed Azeem Shah, Syed Mithal Shah, their sister and two others while other persons were injured.
Police said that accident occurred on Indus Highway due to fog. The police have impounded the car and the tractor besides starting a probe into the incident.
The bodies and injured were shifted to a nearby hospital for medico-legal formalities and treatment, respectively. A mourning atmospere prevailed at the house of the victim family.
