Officials said at least eight people, including tourists, were injured, after a vehicle they collided with a truck near Sonamarg on Sunday.
He said that the vehicle was in the way from Ladakh to Srinagar when the accident occurred.
An official told the news agency-Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a tempo bearing registration number JK11G-8283, from Ladakh towards Srinagar, came to Srinagar and hit the head-on with another vehicle, injuring eight people.
He said that the injured were transferred to PHC Sonamarg for immediate treatment, where doctors confirmed that they were all stable. However, some injured were sent to Skim Srinagar for special treatment.
The injured were later identified as Aman Bharaz (32), who was the son of Ram Chandra PD Singh, a resident of Bihar; Nishit Kumar (32), son of Vijay Kumar, resident of Bihar; Smita (30), daughter of Sanjay Kumar, a resident of Bihar; And Aditi Indran (30), Indore, Madhya Pradesh, Dimple Mehta (30) daughter Raju Kumar Indrani’s daughter, daughter of Sunil Kumar Mehta, resident of Bihar; Apoorva Barda (32), son of Ajay Kumar Singh, resident of Bihar; With the driver, Imran Ahmed (27), son of Ghulam Mohammed, resident of Doda, and his conductor, Taufik Umer (21), son of Farooq Ahmed, a resident of Doda.
Meanwhile, the police have investigated the case- (KNO)