Srinagar, Apr 12 (UNI) A student was killed and 16 others were injured when a bus in which they were travelling overturned in Handwara sub-district of north Kashmir on Saturday, officials said.
They said a bus carrying students from Degree College Sogam in Kupwara, who were on a picnic to the popular tourist destination Pahalgam, met with a tragic accident near Vodhpora in Handwara on Saturday morning.
The vehicle reportedly skidded off the road and overturned, leaving at least 17 students injured.
“All the injured children were immediately shifted to a nearby hospital. Unfortunately, one of them was declared dead on arrival,” an official said, adding that two of the critically injured were shifted to Srinagar hospital.
The deceased girl has been identified as Tabassum Mushtaq.
A case has been registered in Police Station Handwara.
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