Saudi national killed in road accident in Pahalgam

A foreign tourist from Saudi Arabia died and a driver was injured after a vehicle they were travelling in met with an accident at Laripora area of Pahalgam in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district.

The Innova vehicle (JK01AG-3438) overturned at Laripora while returning from a nearby Golf Course in Pahalgam on Friday afternoon. In the mishap, the tourist namely Khaleel Ahmad Qureshi and the driver Sameer Ahmad Najar son of Abul Jabbar Najar of Lolab Kupwara district were injured, according to reports.

Both the injured were immediately taken to nearby health facility where the tourist Khaleel succumbed to injuries,” a local news agency quoted police officer as having said.