Srinagar: One person died in a road accident in Shangus area of Anantnag district and as the news reached his home, his father suffered a massive heart attack and also died before reaching hospital.
Sources said Arif Ahmed son of Abdul Rehman, a resident of Panchalthan Chittergul was driving a motorcycle bearing registration number PB07AK-1407. His motorcycle collided with a passenger cab (JK02AB 1227) near Panchthan Shangus this morning, resulting into critical injuries to the rider.
He was subsequently removed to SDH Shangus, where the doctors declared him as brought dead, they said.
Back home, on hearing the news about the death of his son, the father, Abdul Rehman Wani, suffered a massive cardiac arrest. He too was shifted to SDH Shangus, where he also was declared as brought dead.
Confirming the deaths of the father son duo, a police official told GNS that a case under relevant sections of law has been registered into the accident involving death of the motorcyclist.
