Bus crash in J&K’s Udhampur kills 4, CRPF jawan among dead

JAMMU: Four persons, including a CRPF jawan, were killed on Tuesday when a bus rammed into a parked load carrier and a motorcycle in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The accident occurred around 11 am near the Jakhani–Chenani area on the Jammu–Srinagar national highway. Officials said the bus, which was travelling from Doda to Jammu, lost control and first hit a motorcycle before colliding with a load carrier that had developed a mechanical fault and was being repaired by a mechanic at the roadside. The mechanic and the load carrier driver died on the spot, while two passengers travelling in the bus were thrown out through an emergency window and succumbed to their injuries on the way to hospital, officials said.