Anantnag, May 4: The death toll in the road accident that occurred in the Mattan area of Anantnag on April 30 has risen to two after one of the injured youths succumbed to his injuries on Monday morning.
Officials said the accident took place near Bumzoo on KP Road on Thursday evening when a vehicle overturned, leaving two young men critically injured.
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Both were shifted to a nearby hospital for treatment. One of them, Umer Bashir Bhat, son of Bashir Ahmad Bhat and a resident of Pazalpora Bijbehara, died shortly after the accident.
The second injured youth, Yawer Manzoor Lone, son of Manzoor Ahmad Lone and also a resident of Pazalpora Bijbehara, was undergoing treatment but succumbed to his injuries on Monday morning.
The incident has cast a pall of gloom over the area, with locals expressing grief over the loss of two young lives.
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Police have taken cognisance of the incident and urged motorists to drive cautiously and follow traffic rules to prevent such accidents.
