One dead, two injured after vehicle hit by landslide in Poonch*(Mandi)

By Adil Hamdani

Poonch(Mandi): A passenger died and two others were critically injured after a landslide struck a village in Mandi area of Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday.

An official said that incessant rains triggered a landslide in Bayila village on Thursday.

He said a vehicle of a private telecommunication company came under the debris of the landslide, resulting into death of one person and serious injuries to two others.

The deceased was identified as Makhan Singh while the injured identified as Anjum Pervez Khan of Surankote and Deepak Singh of RS Pura were shifted to Mandi hospital for treatment.