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3 of family killed; 2 hurt in Kathua accident

KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 2/18/2020 1:24:41 AM

JAMMU, Feb 15: Three people of a family were killed and two others injured after their car veered off the road and hit a parapet wall of the Jammu-Pathankot highway in Kathua district on Thursday.
The police said the accident occurred at Mangtia Morh near Rajbagh when they were going to Jammu from Kathua. It is suspected that the driver lost control of the car, a police officer said.
“All the five occupants of the car, bearing registration number JK02BL 6800, were relatives, hailing from Jammu's Bishnah area. They were admitted to a hospital where Om Prakash (90), Krishna Devi (85) and Ram Paul (62) succumbed to injuries,” he said.
The vehicle suffered extensive damage in the accident, the officer said. The condition of other two injured too was critical, he said.