Cleric among 4 of family killed in Udhampur car crash

Four members of a family, including a cleric, were killed after their car plunged into a gorge on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Udhampur

Four members of a family, including a cleric, were killed after their car plunged into a gorge on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Udhampur on Monday.

Hamid and his father were killed on the spot, while his mother and nephew succumbed at a hospital in Udhampur district. (Representational Image/HT File)

The victims – Imam (prayer leader) of Jamia Masjid, Sangalda, Mufti Abdul Hamid, 32; his father Mufti Jamal Din, 65; mother, Hajra Begum, 60; and nephew Adil Gulzar, 16 – were travelling towards Jammu from Sangaldan in Ramban district when the mishap took place near Prem Mandir in the Chenani area of Udhampur district around 8.30 am.

Hamid and his father were killed on the spot, while his mother and nephew succumbed at a hospital in Udhampur district. A police official, who did not wish to be named, said, “Hamid was taking his father for an eye surgery to Jammu, when his car skidded off the road and plunged into a 700-feet deep gorge.”

After postmortem, the bodies of the victims were sent to their native village for burial.