Head on collisions between Army truck & car in Nowshera. 2 killed on spot, 3 injured

SHYAM SOOD
Rajouri, December 07:–Two persons killed and three others were injured when, reportedly, a rashly driven car couldn’t be controlled by the driver and it collided head-on with the Army truck on the right side of the road near village Dhallian on Jammu-Poonch highway in the afternoon on Tuesday.
According to eyewitnesses, the Army truck bearing No. 17C106672H was coming from Rajouri side while the car bearing registration No. JK02BQ-5115 was on way from Jammu to Mendhar in Poonch district.
The initial investigation reveals that the driver of the car couldn’t control the speed of the car on a sharp curve and it collided head-on with the Army vehicle on the right side of the road.
Soldiers in the truck and from the nearby Army hospital along with locals rushed to the accident site and rescued the injured to Sub-District hospital at Nowshera.
Mushtaq Khan (60), a retired policeman and president of Salwah (Mendhar) who was sitting on the front seat was sandwiched between the seat and front of the car and died on the spot.
Other injured, identified as Saleem Bi (55) w/o Mushtaq Khan; Atta Ullah Khan s/o Fazal Khan (50); Amira Ishtiaq (6) d/o Ishtiaq Ahmed, and Ikra Pathan (13) d/o Zaffar Ullah, all residents of Salwah, were shifted to Sub-District hospital at Nowshera.
Atta Ullah Khan(driving the car) also received critical injuries and was referred to Government Medical College (GMC) hospital at Jammu for specialised treatment but succumbs to injuries in the late evening hours.
After legal formalities, the police have registered an FIR and started further investigation in this matter. Two persons (brothers) were killed and three other family members were injured when, reportedly, a rashly driven car couldn’t be controlled by the driver and it collided head-on with the Army truck on the right side of the road near village Dhallian on Jammu-Poonch highway in the afternoon on Tuesday.
According to eyewitnesses, the Army truck bearing No. 17C106672H was coming from Rajouri side while the car bearing registration No. JK02BQ-5115 was on way from Jammu to Mendhar in Poonch district.
The initial investigation reveals that the driver of the car couldn’t control the speed of the car on a sharp curve and it collided head-on with the Army vehicle on the right side of the road.
Soldiers in the truck and from then ((nearby Army hospital along with locals rushed to the accident site and rescued the injured to Sub-District hospital at Nowshera.
Mushtaq Khan (60), a retired policeman and president of Salwah (Mendhar) who was sitting on the front seat was sandwiched between the seat and front of the car and died on the spot.
Other injured, identified as Saleem Bi (55) w/o Mushtaq Khan; Atta Ullah Khan s/o Fazal Khan (50); Amira Ishtiaq (6) d/o Ishtiaq Ahmed, and Ikra Pathan (13) d/o Zaffar Ullah, all residents of Salwah, were shifted to Sub-District hospital at Nowshera.
Atta Ullah Khan(driving the car) also received critical injuries and was referred to Government Medical College (GMC) hospital at Jammu for specialised treatment but succumbs to injuries in the late evening hours.
After legal formalities, the police have registered an FIR and started further investigation in this matter.