North Kashmir Road Accident Claims Two Lives

SRINAGAR: Two persons were killed and four others injured in a road accident involving a car and a motorcycle at Nelipora in the Magam area of Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Sunday evening.

A police official said an Alto car bearing registration number JK05A-9562 collided head-on with a motorcycle bearing registration number JK09E-8313, leaving two persons dead at the scene and four others injured.

The deceased have been identified as Tahir Ahmad and Mohammad Aamir, both residents of Kupwara. They were reportedly riding the motorcycle.

The injured were shifted to Government Medical College (GMC), Handwara, for treatment.

Further details are awaited.