Handwara, April 30: An elderly woman was killed in a road accident at Maratgam in Handwara after being hit by a load carrier on Thursday.
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Reports said that a load carrier struck the pedestrian woman, identified as 70-year-old Aazi Begum, wife of Mohd Abdullah Bhat, a resident of Maratgam, leaving her critically injured.
They said she was immediately shifted to the Government Medical College (GMC) Handwara for treatment, where doctors declared her dead.
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Police have taken cognisance of the incident, and further investigation is underway.
