India News | SPO Killed, Forest Guard Injured as Vehicle Falls into Gorge in J-K's Doda
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Bhadarwah/ A special police officer (SPO) was killed and a forest guard seriously injured when their vehicle skidded off the road and fell into gorge in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district on Thursday, officials said.
Bhadarwah/Jammu, Jun 24 (PTI) A special police officer (SPO) was killed and a forest guard seriously injured when their vehicle skidded off the road and fell into gorge in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district on Thursday, officials said.
Superintendent of Police, Bhadarwah, Abdul Qayoom said a Swift car was on its way to Gandoh from Bhatyas when the driver lost control over the steering while negotiating a curve and fell into gorge at Shoran Morh, they said.
"Police, SSB personnel and locals immediately rushed to the spot and shifted both to sub-district hospital at Gandoh, where doctors declared one of them as brought dead while another seriously injured person was shifted to GMC hospital in Doda for treatment," he said.
The deceased has been identified as SPO Ashok Kumar posted at SPP Malikpora, while the injured has been identified as forest guard Mohd Ashraf of Bhadarwah, the officials said.
(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)