Three killed, 16 injured and two houses gutted in Kashmir

Srinagar, July 9 (UNI) Three people were killed, 16 injured and two houses were gutted in the Kashmir valley overnight in separate incidents, a police spokesman said today.

He said 12 passengers were wounded when a mini-bus in which they were travelling skidded off the road at Yanner, Pahalgam, in south Kashmir today. The injured, locals, were admitted to difforent hospitals.

A CRPF vehicle hit and injured one Saini Singh at Nambal, Mattan.

The injured has been hospitalised.

He said a truck collided head-on with a sumocar near Sangam on Srinagar-Jammu national highway in south Kashmir this morning resulting in, on the spot death of the sumocar driver. Two others were injured in the accident. The injured have been hospitalised.

In another incident a truck hit and wounded a cyclist Zahoor Ahmad Dar at Garoora, Bandipora in north Kashmir, who was later admitted to a hospital.

One Khurshid Ahmad Bhat was drowned in Ghat Nullah at Palhalan, Pattan, last evening. His body was later recovered and handed over to his family members today, sources said.

Two houses and a shed were gutted in a devastating fire at Gund Machar and Bijhama.

UNI