Speeding car kills 1 School student, injured dozens in Jammu
At least nine school children were injured and one got killed when a speeding Ciaz ram lost control and rammed through them near Barwal Morh on Jammu-Pathankot National highway in Kathua, Jammu on Monday.
The heart-rending incident occurred with the students of DS Heritage Scholar School situated on Barwal Morh in the afternoon, when the school got over and the students were on their way home.
The car bearing registration number (PB08CW8368) was heading towards Jammu from Punjab.
Soon, after the terrible accident the students were taken to GMC Kathua, where they are currently receiving medical treatment.
After wounding dozens of school students and killing one, the accused ran away from the scene of crime, who was apprehended from nearby fields by the local police in Kathua.
Chaudhary Lal Singh visits students injured in accident at hospital
Former Minister and Dogra Swabhimaan Sangathan (DSS) chief Chaudhary Lal Singh visited GMC, Kathua to check the nine injured students which met a serious accident outside their school (DS Heritage Scholars School) on Barwal Morh in Kathua, Jammu, this afternoon.
Soon, after the incident the former minister went there to take cognizance of their health.
Reacting on the incident, Singh, said, “These are 12th class boys & girl students, who are wounded in this accident. The school should have get them on the bus within their premises and not on national highway”.
“What happened with kids is very unfortunate and the school administration should have boarded them inside the school and not on the road as it is not a street”, he said.
“These speeding cars will not stop coming and weather wasn’t clear today. Nobody wants to kill children, but the school regime should have this common sense that they should refrain from boarding students on national highway”, he added.
“This medical college of Kathua is in shambles and people are being further referred from here. They can’t even nurse minor gashes here. They even lack basic medical care and the locals are bearing its brunt” he said.