Teenage pillion rider killed after hit by truck in Awantipora

SRINAGAR — A 19-year-old girl was killed after a truck hit a Scooty in Nambal crossing area of Awantipora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.

An official said that a Srinagar-bound truck bearing Registration Number JK-14G 0740 driven by one Mohammed Hanief son of Mohammed Fisha Gojar, a resident of Udhampur, hit a Scooty, bearing Registration Number JK-13D 7883, driven by one Suhail Ahmad son of Asadullah Khan, a resident of Bohu Awantipora, near Nambal crossing.

The mishap, according to the official, resulted in on-spot death of pillion rider identified as Muskan Manzoor (19) daughter of Manzoor Ahmad Dar, a resident of Dogripora.

“The trucker has been arrested and the truck seized,” the official said, adding that “an FIR number 39/2021 under Section 304-A has been registered and further investigations taken up.”