13 Amarnath yatra pilgrims injured after tempo rams into truck
13 Amarnath yatra pilgrims injured when their tempo, they were travelling in rammed into a parked truck on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway here. A police official said that the accident occurred near Dherma Bridge in Mallard area of Udhampur district around 5.30 am when the driver of the tempo lost control and hit the parked truck. Thirteen pilgrims travelling in the tempo were injured and admitted to a district hospital in Udhampur. Three of the 13 pilgrims were seriously injured and had been rushed to the Government Medical College Hospital in Udhampur for treatment. They are now out of danger. The police official said that the tempo driver fled the spot after the accident. Union Minister Jitendra Singh said "I am in constant touch with District Collector, Udhampur and other administration officials since morning. All injured pilgrims are out of danger and have been admitted to the District Hospital. All necessary help is being provided. Most of them belong to Jhansi and surrounding parts of Uttar Pradesh" 10 of the injured pilgrims are residents of Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh and three others are from Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh. According to the official, the injured pilgrims were a part of the convoy carrying a fresh batch of 3,419 pilgrims including 680 women and 201 ‘sadhus’ from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp to Kashmir to undertake the annual pilgrimage. Nearly two lakh pilgrims from across the country have registered themselves for the Yatra. Serious security measures have been taken for the pilgrims keeping in mind the ceasefire violations from across the border and various other terrorist activities in Jammu and Kashmir. -PTC News
