Tangdhar road accident: Another youth succumbs, toll two

Kupwara, May 19: After the death of a youth in Tangdhar road accident, his brother today also succumbed to his injuries in the Srinagar hospital.
Notably, a couple of days ago, a road accident left two brothers from Tangdhar Kupwara injured. One died on the way to the hospital while another died at 92 Base Army hospital here in Srinagar today.
Two brothers in a vehicle (JK09C-2601) had sustained injuries after it went out of the control of the driver near the Nachiyan Khatoda area in Kupwara district and turned turtle.
When locals tried to shift them to the hospital, one among them identified as Jameel Ahmed Sheikh son of Muhammad Maqbool of Batapora Tangdhar succumbed to his injuries while his brother Zameer Ahmed Sheikh was taken to Army hospital Srinagar where he succumbed to his injuries today.
Sarpanch of Batpora Tangdhar, Raja Abdul Hamid Khan said that this is the second road accident that has occurred at the same spot this month. He urged the administration to macadamize the roads and create awareness among commuters about the traffic safety rules. [KNT]