A policeman was killed after a vehicle he was traveling in met with an accident in the Awantipora area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, an official said.
An official told a local news agency Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that an accident took place on Jammu-Srinagar national highway near Samboora Awantipora link road in which Alto vehicle (JK04H-0495) hit a road divider and turned turtle.
The driver of the vehicle identified as Bashir Ahamd Kuchay son of Ghulam Mohidin Kuchay, a resident of Negoo Brewarah Budgam was critically injured.
The injured who was a constable in Jammu and Kashmir Police was shifted to SDH Pampore, where doctors declared him brought dead.
After medico-legal formalities, the body was handed to legal heirs for last rites, he said.
Meanwhile, police registered a case and started further investigation into the matter. (KNO)
