Mother, son among three killed in rain-related accidents in Jammu | India News


Mother, son among three killed in rain-related accidents in Jammu
A road is damaged after heavy rains, at Peer Kho in Jammu. (ANI file photo)

JAMMU: A 52-year-old woman and her son were among three persons killed in two separate rain-related accidents while a fourth died after he was swept away in a flash flood Saturday.Several districts in Jammu region were lashed by rain since early morning.Shafiqa Begum Zargar and her 33-year-old son Asif Kabir Zargar were injured when their car skidded on a slippery road and rammed into a roadside wall in Udhampur district. Shafiqa died on the spot while her son succumbed at Govt Medical College (GMC), Jammu, police said.Officials said one person each was killed in separate rain-related cases in Reasi and Kathua districts.They said a car came under landslide debris in Reasi district, resulting in injuries to three persons. Of them, Shahbaz Ahmad later succumbed to his injuries. In Kathua, a car driven by Ravi Sharma was swept away in a flash flood while crossing a stream. Police and SDRF personnel later retrieved Ravi’s body.Meanwhile, at least 20 persons were injured when a bus overturned on the outskirts of Jammu. The driver lost control of the bus, which skidded off the road and turned turtle in a field, the officials said. Of the injured, 14 were shifted to (GMC), Jammu. Four of them were critical.The Union Territory’s disaster management authority Saturday cautioned people about heavy rain in several districts over 48 hours. It also warned of a possibility of cloudburst/flash flood/landslide in Jammu division.





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