Ramban, October 3: Five security personnel were injured after a bus carrying a rescue team skidded off the road near Kela Morh in Ramban district while it was on its way to assist victims of another bus accident, officials said on Saturday.
The rescue bus was carrying police personnel, CRPF personnel and a driver when it met with the accident on the lower road near Kela Morh.
“The rescue bus was carrying police personnel, CRPF personnel and one driver. Five personnel sustained injuries in the accident,” an official said.
The injured personnel were shifted to a nearby hospital for treatment. Further details about their condition were awaited.
The bus had been sent to assist in rescue operations following an earlier accident in the district, in which a sleeper bus overturned near Maroog on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway.
At least 33 passengers were injured after the sleeper bus overturned near Maroog on October 1, officials said. The rescue operation was subsequently launched to assist those affected in the accident.
The circumstances leading to both accidents are being verified, officials said, adding that an investigation has been initiated.
Further details, including the condition of those injured in the earlier accident, were awaited.
