Husband injured, wife escapes unhurt as car rolls down into gorge in Uri

Oct 31: A man was injured while his wife escaped unhurt after a vehicle they were travelling in rolled down into a gorge in Uri area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Sunday, officials said. Quoting the officials, news agency GNS reported that the vehicle bearing registration number JK05J-3523 skidded off the road and rolled down into gorge on Srinagar-Muzafferabad road at Tyre Mode Uri, resulting in injuries to Tosief Ahmad Quraishi son of Mohammad Saleem Quraishi, a resident of Kalgi Uri. His wife travelling in the vehicle escaped unhurt, officials said.

A police team rushed to the spot and took the injured to SDH Uri. Later the injured was shifted to GMC Baramulla wherefrom he was shifted to Soura Srinagar in critical condition.

A police officer confirmed the accident to GNS.