Truck hits car carrying Amarnath pilgrims in Udhampur, five injured

Truck hits car carrying Amarnath pilgrims in Udhampur, five injured

JAMMU [Maha Media]: Five pilgrims were injured when a truck hit a car in the Amarnath convoy in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district on Friday, officials said.

The accident occurred at 6:13 am when a speeding truck broke through a barricade at Battal Ballian area and hit the car ferrying eight pilgrims to the Pahalgam base camp, a security force officer said.

He said CISF personnel were deployed at the barricade when the truck, after hitting the car, jumped the divider and crashed into the wall of a house.
 

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