Srinagar, Feb 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Two persons injured in the road accident near J&K's border town of Uri succumbed in hospital on Thursday, taking the death toll to 10, officials said.
Eight passengers had died and seven others were injured when a passenger vehicle dropped 100 metres into a ravine near Uri on Wednesday.
The injured were being treated at the government medical college (GMC) hospital in Baramulla town.
Officials said that two injured persons succumbed in the hospital on Thursday.
Lt Governor Manoj Sinha expressed condolences to the bereaved families and sanctioned Rs 5 lakh to next of kin of each killed person while Rs 1 lakh was sanctioned in favour of the injured persons.
Source: IANS
About Gopi
Gopi Adusumilli is a Programmer. He is the editor of SocialNews.XYZ and President of AGK Fire Inc.
He enjoys designing websites, developing mobile applications and publishing news articles on current events from various authenticated news sources.
When it comes to writing he likes to write about current world politics and Indian Movies. His future plans include developing SocialNews.XYZ into a News website that has no bias or judgment towards any.
He can be reached at gopi@socialnews.xyz