JUGNUU: Kathua accident: Another student dies, toll reaches 2

Thursday, 2 February 2023

Kathua accident: Another student dies, toll reaches 2

The victim was identified as Nitish Kumar, of Kathua; the student was critically injured and had been undergoing treatment at DMCH in Ludhiana, where he succumbed to his injuries, yesterday.

With the death of 17-year-old boy at a hospital in Ludhiana yesterday, the death toll in the Kathua car accident rose to two.

The victim was identified as Nitish Kumar, of Kathua. “The student was critically injured and had been undergoing treatment at DMCH in Ludhiana, where he succumbed to his injuries,” the report said.

On Monday, 17-year-old girl Bhumika Hans was killed and 10 others were injured when a rashly driven car hit a group of students standing outside a school at Barwal Morh on Jammu-Pathankot highway in Kathua district.

The children studied at DS Heritage School at Barwal Morh.

The car driver was identified as Raj Kumar, 60, a retired tehsildar of Jalandhar, who had claimed that he felt drowsy and lost control over the wheels.

He was arrested and a case under IPC sections 279 and 304-A was registered against him.

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