Jammu, May 19 : One person was killed and 25 others injured when a 54-seater passenger bus skidded off the road and turned turtle near Chandail Morh in the Sangaldan area of Ramban district on Tuesday, officials said.
An official told news agency Kashmir News Service (KNS) the bus, bearing registration number JK02CU-7482, was on its way from Dharam to Ramban when the driver lost control on a sharp bend, resulting in the accident, he said.
The deceased has been identified as Anshu Singh (25), son of Kuldeep Singh, a resident of Pangata Khalsa in Udhampur district, the official said.
All 25 injured persons have been shifted to the Primary Health Centre (PHC) Sangaldan, where their condition is stated to be stable and out of danger, he said.
Meanwhile, officials have released the names of all victims. Among the injured are the driver, Rakesh Singh, son of Rajinder Singh, resident of Pangara, Udhampur; Sunny Singh, son of Mulkh Raj, resident of Pangara, Udhampur; Fareed Ahmed (50), son of Abdullah, resident of Dharam; Mohd Farooq (48), son of Ab Aziz, resident of Dharam; Rubina Begum (45), wife of Mohd Farooq, resident of Dharam; Ab Ahad (48), son of Ab Aziz, resident of Dharam; Mubina Bano (22), wife of Shahid Shah, resident of Mavalkote; Ghulam Mohd, son of Habib Mir, resident of Dalwah; Zakir Hussain, son of Jamal Din Mir, resident of Dalwah; Ab Rehman, son of Noor Allam, resident of Jamlal; Liaquat Ali, son of Mehboob, resident of Jamlal; Naseema Begum (48), wife of Mohd Fareed, resident of Thatharka; Mohd Waseem, son of Mohd Fareed, resident of Thatharka; Nasreen Bano (14), daughter of Ghulam Mohd, resident of Thatharka; Mohd Arbaz (13), son of Farooq Ahmed; Toushi Devi, wife of Isher Dass, resident of Dalwah; Shakeela Bano, wife of Muzaffar Hussain, resident of Dalwah; Muzaffar (40), son of Mohd Ismail; Niki Devi (45), wife of Shivsaran, resident of Dharam; Arshad Ahmed (40), son of Mohd Shaffi, resident of Dalwah; Jamal Din (70), son of Habibullah, resident of Dalwah; Haleema Begum (25), wife of Showket Ali, resident of Kohli; Amreena Bano (22), daughter of Mohd Asadullah, resident of Banihal; Shabnam Akhtar (22), daughter of Gulzar Ahmed, resident of Dharam; and Rizwan, son of Gulzar Ahmed, resident of Dharam.
Further investigation is underway, police added. (KNS)
