Son dies, father injured as dumper rams Tata Ace in Pattan

Baramulla : A man was killed while his father sustained injuries after a dumper collided with their Tata Ace vehicle near Hyderbeigh in Pattan area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Sunday night, officials said.

An official told the news agency that the father-son duo sustained injuries after a dumper collided with their Tata Ace vehicle near Hyderbeigh in Pattan last night.

He said the injured duo were shifted to Sub-District Hospital (SDH) Pattan for treatment, where one of them succumbed to his injuries, while the other was referred to JVC Hospital for advanced treatment.

The deceased was identified as Murtaza Shabir Bhat, a resident of Bijbehara in Anantnag district, while the injured was identified as his father, Shabir Ahmad Bhat, also a resident of Bijbehara.

The official said the cause of the accident was not immediately known and that cognizance of the incident had been taken.—(KNO)