Jammu Tawi, April 2 -- Two individuals who were injured in a road accident near the Nowyug Tunnel on the Jammu-Srinagar highway on Tuesday evening succumbed to their injuries, according to officials. The incident occurred around 8:40 pm when a Hector vehicle, traveling from Jammu to Srinagar, lost control due to overspeeding and collided with a divider and a police barrier.

The crash left five people, including a Special Police Officer (SPO), injured. All injured individuals were immediately transported to Emergency Hospital Qazigund for treatment before being transferred to Government Medical College Anantnag for further care.

One of the injured, Zubair Ahmad Wani from Heerpora Shopian, was declared dead on arrival at the hospital. A ...