Life cut short: 2 dead, 3 injured in separate accidents

Motorcycle skids, fells into deep gorge near Bandi Tajiana; Jeep fells into deep ravine near Srandgali Nakyal

MUZAFFARABAD: A biker was killed and his friend critically injured when their motorcycle skidded off the treacherous mountainous road and fell into a deep gorge near Bandi Tajian some 20km from Muzaffarabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). According to the police a college student, Asim Sheikh, was on way home with his friend Shabbir Chaudhry when their bike slipped on a curve and fell off the mountain. Sheikh died in the accident, while Shabir was injured. In another accident, a man lost control of his jeep and the vehicle fell into a deep ravine near Srandgali Nakyal some 240 kilometres away from Muzaffarabad. The driver Mulazim Hussain died and two others were injured in the crash.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 17^th, 2014.