Srinagar, Dec 19: An eight-year-old girl has sustained critical head injuries after hit by an Army vehicle at Bumhama locality along highway in north-Kashmir’s Kupwara on Saturday evening.
Reports said that a minor girl identified as Muddabirah Ismail daughter of Mohammed Ismail Dar residence Bumhama, came under an Army vehicle – Ashok Leyland Stallion – in the locality resulting in her sustaining critical head injuries.
The girl was removed to sub-District Hospital Kupwara wherefrom she has been referred to a tertiary Srinagar hospital for advanced treatment.
Meanwhile a police official has confirmed the accident to GNS and said that a police team has arrested the erring driver even as taking the vehicle into seizure.
“An FIR number 356/2020 has been registered in this regard under sections 279, 337 and further investigations taken up in this regard”, the official said. (GNS)
This post was published on December 19, 2020