Jammu accident: auto rickshaw falls into gorge in Reasi, Udhampur, eight injured - auto rickshaw falls into gorge in reasi, eight injured

Updated: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 11:17 (IST) Eight people were injured when an auto rickshaw fell into a ditch in Reasi, Jammu and Kashmir. The incident took place in the hilly area of ​​Reasi, where the auto rickshaw lost control and fell into a ditch. Local people and police jointly carried out a rescue operation and took the injured to the hospital. Autorickshaw fell into a ditch in Reasi, Udhampur, eight people were injured (File Photo) Dialogue Associate, Reasi. On Thursday evening, a three-wheeler e-auto rickshaw filled with double the capacity of passengers went out of control and fell into a deep ditch in Bissawali area on Budhan Sildhar road of Mahor area, injuring a total of nine people, including eight students and the driver. Remove advertisement Read news only All the injured were taken to the Mahore Community Health Centre. The police registered a case in this regard and started investigation. According to the information, the e-rickshaw was carrying students when the driver suddenly lost control of the vehicle, due to which the e-rickshaw fell off the road into a ditch, rolled and got stuck after hitting a tree. All the passengers were injured in this accident. On receiving information about the incident, local people and police reached the spot. After the relief and rescue work started, all the injured were immediately taken to the Community Health Centre, Mahore, where four seriously injured students were referred to the District Hospital, Reasi after first aid. Treatment of other injured is taking place in Mahour. After talking to some auto rickshaw drivers, they said that only four people including three passengers and one driver are allowed in this auto rickshaw. At the same time, local people say that there were more passengers in it than its capacity, which could be the reason for the accident. He said after falling into the ditch, a major accident was averted when the e-auto rickshaw crashed after hitting a tree, otherwise there was a very deep ditch below. If the autorickshaw had gone down, the consequences of the accident could have been quite serious. Names of the injured in the auto-rickshaw accident: Driver Shabbir Ahmed son of Wali Mohammed resident of Chaklas, Dil Firoz Wano daughter of Bali Mohammed, Uzma Bano daughter of Bashir Ahmed, Yasmin Kausar daughter of Bahardin, Shaina Kausar daughter of Shahdeen, Saima Wano of daughter of Bashir B Ahmed, daughter of Shahnano B Ahmed Nazir Ahmed, Amrina daughter of Mohammad Farooq, Nishad Ahmed son of Abdul Ghani all resident of Sildhar Tehsil Mahor District Reasi.