One killed and 36 injured in Kashmir accidents

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 20:20 [IST]

Srinagar, Mar 10 (UNI) One person was killed and 36 others were wounded, four of them critically, in two road accidents in the Kashmir valley today, official sources said.

Official sources said one person was killed and six others were injured when a vehicle in which they were travelling from Jammu to Srinagar met with an accident at Shaitan Nullah on the highway.

The injured were admitted to hospital.

They said 30 people were injured when a bus carrying them turned turtle at Mawar Kargam, Handwara, in the frontier district of Kupwara today.

The injured were admitted to hospital. However, four of critically wounded were admitted to hospital here.

UNI

Topics: ACCIDENT LEAD KASHMIR (CHANGING DATELINE)

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