Jammu : In a tragic accident on Kunjwani-Narwal Highway near Bathindi, a 8th class Student crushed to death by speedy Matador. A speeding matador rammed into Saima when she was crossing the road to take hscool bus. Saima was a class 8 student of Govt. High School Bathindi.
A 14-year-old girl was today killed after being hit by a private bus here, triggering protests and a brief blockade of the Jammu-Pathankot bypass road, the police said. Saima Kousar (14), a class 8 student, was on her way to school from her Batindi residence in the morning when the bus hit her near the Madina hill, a police official said. He added that the girl, a native of the Bani area in Kathua district, died on the spot, triggering protests by students and locals. The students of her school, along with the teachers, blocked the main bypass road for nearly an hour, demanding stern action against the bus driver, who fled the scene abandoning his vehicle after the accident, the official said.
The private bus was seized and efforts were on to nab the absconding driver, the official said
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