Amarnath Yatra: Five people injured in an accident in Udhampur

Eight people travelling in the vehicle, of whom five were injured and five sent to the hospital, said the Central Reserve Police Force.

This morning, in a tragic incident, five pilgrims met with an accident in Uddhampur during the Amarnath Yatra. The pilgrims got injured after a truck hit their car near Battal Ballian in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district.

Five Amarnath Yatra pilgrims were injured in the accident.

Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) 137 Bn, Udhampur, Kartar Singh said that five people got injured out of the eight people in the car. These injured people have now been transferred to a hospital and are now in a stable condition. Singh said, “At 6:13 AM, a UP vehicle carrying Pahalgam yatris had eight people in it, and they were going to travel. A civil truck with Punjab number…mileage of 60, came with such a speed that CSF soldiers standing nearby jumped aside and broke the barrier.”

The truck collided with the vehicle of the pilgrims.

Singh added, “The truck directly collided with the vehicle, and after colliding with the vehicle, it crossed two dividers and went inside the wall of a house.” He said that eight people were travelling in the vehicle, of whom five were injured and all five were sent to the hospital by the CRPF. Their condition is fine now, and treatment is still going on.

Meanwhile, the 16th batch of Amarnath Yatra pilgrims, comprising 7,908 pilgrims, departed from Jammu early this morning amid tight security. The yatra had been suspended temporarily on Thursday due to heavy rains, but the pilgrimage was permitted to continue once the conditions improved.