Examiner News Desk | Ramban:
A truck driver was killed after his vehicle met with an accident near Nachilana on the Jammu–Srinagar National Highway on Sunday morning.
According to reports, the Haryana-registered truck was travelling from Jammu to Srinagar when it lost control, skidded off the highway, and rolled into a deep gorge before coming to rest on the banks of Nallah Bishlari. The vehicle was carrying paint and hardware materials.
Police said that soon after receiving information about the accident, rescue teams comprising personnel from the Jammu and Kashmir Police, Traffic Police, Army’s 23 Rashtriya Rifles, Himalayan Quick Response Team (QRT) Ramsoo, and volunteers from NGO Banihal Volunteers rushed to the spot and launched a coordinated rescue operation.
The rescuers retrieved the driver from the severely damaged vehicle and shifted him to the nearby medical facility of 23 Rashtriya Rifles, where doctors declared him brought dead.
The body of the deceased driver was later shifted to Sub-District Hospital Banihal for medico-legal formalities. His identity was not immediately established, and efforts are underway to ascertain his particulars.
Police have registered a case and initiated further investigation into the circumstances leading to the accident.
