Ramban – November 10: Four police personnel, including the Station House Officer (SHO) of Police Station Chanderkote, sustained injuries on Monday when a speeding passenger bus rammed into their official escort vehicle along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in the Chanderkote sector of Ramban district.
According to district police authorities, the incident occurred while the police vehicle (registration number JK02CN-5073) was traveling between Ramban and Kunfar, Chanderkote, providing security escort coverage for the motorcade of Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the J&K Legislative Assembly, Sunil Sharma, who was transiting from Srinagar to Jammu.
Eyewitness accounts and police officials confirmed that an incoming passenger bus bearing registration number JK02DR-8328, arriving from the old Chanderkote link road, struck the rear flank of the police vehicle with considerable force, causing the government vehicle to overturn violently on the highway carriageway.
The impacted personnel were promptly pulled from the wreckage and rushed to District Hospital Ramban for emergency medical care. In-charge Medical Superintendent of District Hospital Ramban, Dr. Mohammad Rafi, confirmed that all four injured police personnel are out of danger and have been discharged following a period of clinical observation. The injured were identified as Inspector Vicky Thapa (SHO Chanderkote), Special Police Officer (SPO) driver Ram Nath, Selection Grade Constable (SGCT) Farooq Ahmed, and SGCT Alyass Ahmed.
Upon witnessing the collision, Leader of the Opposition Sunil Sharma immediately halted his cavalcade and joined local responders in the rescue operation to assist his escort team. Police have taken custody of the errant bus driver, identified as Vipen Kumar, son of Ram Lal, a resident of Doda, registering FIR No. 94/2026 under Section 281 (rash and negligent driving) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at Police Station Chanderkote.
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