SRINAGAR: Three people, including a paediatrician, were killed in separate road accidents in Kupwara and Anantnag districts on Monday, officials said.
In north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, a 55-year-old pedestrian died after being hit by a Tata Mobile vehicle in the Kralgund area.
An official said the accident occurred in the Budbugh-Ashpora area when the vehicle, bearing registration number JK09-6657, struck Riyaz Ahmad, a resident of the area. He was taken to Government Medical College, Handwara, where doctors declared him brought dead.
In another accident in Kupwara district, a 25-year-old motorcyclist died after his motorcycle collided with a Maruti Swift car at Frastop in Potushai, Lolab.
The rider, identified as Aijaz Ahmad Khan, son of Dilawar Khan and a resident of Potushai, was shifted to Sub-District Hospital, Kupwara, where he succumbed to his injuries, officials said.
Meanwhile, a 30-year-old paediatrician was killed after a tractor skidded off the road near Sheetipora Herpora in the Bijbehara area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district.
The deceased was identified as Nazir Ahmad, a resident of Vail Nagbal, Hapatnar. He was taken to Sub-District Hospital, Bijbehara, where doctors declared him brought dead.
Police have taken cognisance of all three incidents and initiated investigations.
