Three dead, 18 injured as two buses collide in Samba

Three dead, 18 injured as two buses collide in Samba

At least three passengers were killed and 18 others injured, seven of them critically, when a passenger bus rear-ended another bus in Samba district on Wednesday evening, officials said.

“A local bus from Jammu to Kathua and another bus from Jammu to Haridwar (with UP registration number) collided. One bus has hit another from the rear side near Chichi Mata temple on Jammu-Pathankot national highway near Samba town,” said a policeman at the Samba police control room.

As a result, three passengers were killed and 18 others injured in the accident, he added. The police informed that seven of the seriously injured have been shifted to the Government Medical College in Jammu.

“At around 4:30 PM an accident took place near Nanak Chak between two buses (bearing numbers JK02AP/5095 and UP14FT/3267). Both of them were heading towards Kathua. Three dead till now and 16 injured (seven referred to GMC Jammu),” read a message sent by Samba SSP, Abhishek Mahajan.

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