PAMPORE: A teenage girl was killed and two other girls were seriously injured after they were hit by a speeding car at Pampore on Tuesday evening.
The deceased has been identified as Nazila Jan daughter of Mohammad Rafiq Bhat resident of Tulbagh Pampore.
The injured girls were identified as Natika daughter of Mohammad Rafiq Bhat Tabin Nazir daughter of Nazir Ahmad Pandit residents of Tulbagh Pampore.
SHO Pampore Manzoor Ahmad told Kashmir Reader that the accident took place after a speedy car hit the girls in the saffron fields on Pampore -Khrew road near Tulbagh.
The injured girls were immediately rushed to SDH Pampore for treatment where doctors referred the trio to Srinagar hospital for specialized treatment.
However, Nazila Rafiq succumbed to her injuries.
“ The vehicle an Alto car bearing registration number JK13F-0346 hit the girls,” said police adding that a case FIR 57/2020 under section 279, 337, 427 IPC registered at police station Pampore.
Police also said that the vehicle involved in the incident seized and the driver of the vehicle has been absconding and would be arrested soon..

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