Kupwara, Oct 16 : A 45-year-old passenger died while the driver was injured after their vehicle lost control and went off the road in the Zab Khurhama area of Lolab in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Friday, officials said.
An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the vehicle, bearing registration number JK05C-4886, went off the road, leaving both the driver and the passenger injured in Zab Khurhama.
He said the duo was shifted to Sub-District Hospital (SDH) Sogam, where one of them was declared brought dead on arrival.
The deceased was later identified as Bashir Ahmad Khatana (45), a resident of Zab Khurhama, while the injured driver was identified as Ifrooz Ahmad Chouhan, son of Nazir Ahmad Chouhan, also a resident of Zab Khurhama.
Meanwhile, police have taken cognisance of the incidentand a probe has begun.—(KNO)
