Srinagar: Another injured Sarpanch succumbed to injuries on Tuesday after the bus they were travelling in crashed into a tipper and overturned on Baramulla-Srinagar Highway at Pattan on Monday evening.
Officials said that Sarpanch Abdul Jabbar (56), son of Abdul Rahim Lone of Lachipora Baramulla, succumbed to his injuries at SKIMS Srinagar hospital, taking the toll of dead persons in the accident to 3 including two Sarpanchs and a driver.
On Monday evening, the SRTC bus, enroute to Baramulla with PRIs on board, crashed into a tipper resulting in on-spot death of a Sarpanch identified as Fayaz Ahmad Bhat, son of Samad Bhat from Gulgam Kupwara, and injuries to six others.
The driver of the bus, identified as Abdul Qayoom Shah, succumbed to his injuries late at night.
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