8 BSF personnel injured in highway accident in JK

Press Trust of India  |  Banihal (JK) 

Eight (BSF) personnel were injured Wednesday evening when their vehicle turned upside down after colliding with a parked dumper on the national highway in district, police said.

The accident took place at Gangroo-Ramsoo in when the jawans were on their way to Jammu from the valley, they said.

The BSF personnel were on board a private bus, which hit a standing dumper on the highway, an said.

A rescue operation was launched immediately and the injured were shifted to the Ramsoo hospital, where their condition was stated to be "stable", he said.

There was no civilian traffic on the highway at the time of the accident because of restrictions imposed twice a week -- Wednesday and Sunday -- from 4 am to 5 pm to facilitate smooth movement of security convoys.

The restriction was clamped on April 7, in view of the deadly terror attack in Pulwama on February 14 that left 40 CRPF personnel dead.

The administration, however, Wednesday said that the restrictions on civilian traffic movement between and would be completely lifted from May 2.

(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

First Published: Wed, May 01 2019. 21:05 IST