One dead, 11 injured in J&K tunnel accident

JAMMU: One person died while 11 others were injured after a bus carrying travellers from Uttar Pradesh met with an accident in J&K’s

Banihal-Qazigund

tunnel, also known as

Navayuga Tunnel

, on Tuesday.

“Around 4.30pm, the bus coming from Katra towards Srinagar overturned inside the Navayuga Tunnel after its driver lost control over the vehicle due to speeding,” said a police source.

“The driver, identified as Tariq Ahmed (18) of J&K’

s Nagrota

, died on the spot while 11 tourists — all from Defence Colony area in UP’s Bareilly — were injured, three of them critically,” said the source.

“The wounded were shifted to Banihal sub-district hospital for treatment, while the critically-injured trio was later referred to the

Government Medical College and Hospital

in Anantnag for specialized treatment,” added the source.