4 Dead, Several Injured As Speeding Bus Crashes Into Bridge On Jammu-Srinagar Highway In Udhampur

BREAKING: A horrific road accident on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway has left four people dead, including a CRPF personnel, and several others injured.

The tragedy occurred when a passenger bus, traveling from Doda to Jammu, reportedly lost control and ran over two labourers working on the highway. Both workers died on the spot.

The bus then went off the road and crashed into a bridge. Police and the district administration rushed the injured to hospital. The rescue operations are underway. 

According to Kartar Singh, Second-in-Command of the CRPF 137 battalion, the accident occurred near milestone 68 towards Srinagar when a bus collided with a pickup truck. Singh said that four people lost their lives in the collision, including a CRPF jawan from the 52 Battalion. "The cause of the accident is being ascertained. Police personnel are present at the spot," he said.