Poonch accident: A major accident took place in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday evening. Officials said that an army vehicle lost control and fell into the valley in Balnoi area of Mendhar area of the district. It is being told that many soldiers have been injured in this incident. As soon as the information was received, army officials reached the incident site and started the rescue operation and took the injured to the hospital.
It is being told that there were 8 soldiers in this vehicle. A military vehicle of 11 MLI going from Neelam Headquarters towards Labnoi Ghora Post met with an accident while reaching Ghora Post. The vehicle overturned into a ditch about 300-350 feet deep. As soon as the information was received, a team of 11 MLI reached the spot and started the rescue.
A similar tragedy also happened in the month of May
Earlier in May this year, an army vehicle had fallen into the valley in Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir. In which one soldier was martyred, 9 soldiers were injured. The accident occurred in Verinag area of Anantnag district of South Kashmir. In Batagund Verinag area, the driver lost control of the steering and the army vehicle fell straight into the valley.
Last year, 9 soldiers were martyred when an army truck fell into the valley.
It is noteworthy that in August last year, an army truck had fallen into the valley near Kyari village in Leh, Ladakh. In this incident, 2 junior commissioned officers and 7 soldiers were martyred. The army truck was accompanied by an ambulance and a USV. A total of 34 army personnel were traveling in all these vehicles. The soldiers were going to Kyari from Karu Garrison near Leh.
