Jammu, July 18
At least eight Amarnath Yatra pilgrims were injured on Friday when a car was hit by a truck in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district.
“The accident occurred when a speeding truck broke through a barricade at Battal Ballian area of Udhampur and hit a car carrying Yatris to the Pahalgam base camp. CISF personnel were deployed at the barricade when the truck, after hitting the car, jumped the divider and crashed into the wall of a house. The car was part of the 16th batch of 7,908 pilgrims, who left Jammu for the twin base camps of Pahalgam and Baltal early this morning," officials said.
The eight injured Yatris were shifted to the hospital, and their condition is stated to be stable. The other three occupants of the car sustained superficial injuries.
“Police have registered a case, and further investigation is going on. The truck has been seized,” police said.
Earlier, on July 13, nine pilgrims sustained injuries after three buses collided with each other on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway near Khudwani crossing in Kulgam district. The accident occurred when the driver of one of the buses lost control and rammed into two other vehicles.