Srinagar, May 27: A youth died while three others sustained injuries after an Eco Sports vehicle crashed into a divider and plunged into the Dal Lake along Srinagar’s Foreshore Road on Tuesday night, officials said.
The accident occurred at Lashkari Mohalla on Foreshore Road when the vehicle, bearing registration number JK01V-3260, reportedly lost control, hit a divider and subsequently fell into the lake.
Four youths were travelling in the vehicle at the time of the accident.
Officials identified the deceased as Zameer Ahmad, son of Showkat Ahmad and a resident of Rainawari, who died on the spot.
The injured occupants were rescued and shifted to SKIMS for treatment by personnel from Police Station Nishat.
SHO police station Nishat Parvez Ahmad told the news agency Kashmir News Trust that they shifted all the 4 persons to hospital among which one died in the hospital. “The condition of the injured was being assessed at the hospital.”
The mishap triggered rescue efforts in the area as police and local responders moved swiftly to evacuate the occupants from the submerged vehicle.
Police have taken cognizance of the incident while further details regarding the cause of the accident and identity of the injured were awaited. [KNT]
