MUZAFFARABAD: A teenage girl was killed and five others, including two elderly women, were injured after the car they were travelling in fell down a hilly link road in Neelum valley on Sunday.

Mohammad Farooq, 38, his spouse Saira, 35, daughter Nazia, 16, mother Alif Noor, 70, and mother-in-law Naqsha Noor, 65, were travelling through the treacherous Jagran Road from Goriyal to Mattu in a taxi car driven by Tufail Ahmed.

At a place, known as Shaal, the vehicle went out of the driver’s control and fell hundreds of feet down onto the rocky bank of the raging Jagran Nullah.

As a result, Nazia died on the spot and others sustained multiple injuries.

The driver was shifted to Muzaffarabad while the rest were hospitalised in district headquarters Athmuqam.

Published in Dawn, July 25th, 2022