Ramban, Nov 10: In a tragic road accident, a father and his son lost their lives while three other family members, including two young children, sustained severe injuries after their private vehicle rammed into a concrete roadside retaining wall in the Banihal area of Ramban district on Monday.
The ill-fated vehicle, a private car bearing registration number JK19-3233, was traveling along the highway corridor from Chambalwas towards Banihal town. According to initial eyewitness reports, the driver apparently lost vehicular control near Kharpora, causing the automobile to veer abruptly off the roadway and collide with extreme force against the retaining wall of a culvert.
Immediately following the violent crash, nearby residents, volunteers from a local NGO, and police personnel launched emergency rescue operations, pulling the trapped occupants from the mangled wreckage and rushing them to Sub-District Hospital (SDH) Banihal. Hospital doctors declared two of the victims brought dead upon arrival.
The deceased were identified as Ghulam Mohammad Wani, a respected retired lecturer, and his son Khalid Muzamil Wani, a practicing school teacher who was steering the vehicle. Both were residents of Gund Adalkote in Banihal. The three surviving passengers—identified as Abdul Qayoom Wani, seven-year-old Daiba Nabi (daughter of deceased driver Khalid Muzamil), and seven-year-old Mohammad Hussain—received emergency stabilization at SDH Banihal before being urgently referred to Government Medical College (GMC) Anantnag for advanced trauma intervention.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ramban, Anna Lata Sinha, confirmed that police authorities have registered an official case and launched technical investigations to determine whether mechanical failure, over-speeding, or environmental factors caused the fatal crash.
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