A 42-year-old man, riding a scooty was killed after allegedly being hit by a sumo vehicle in Bumhama area in Kupwara district, reports and officials said.
Reports reaching GNS said that a scooty (JK05 7327) and a Sumo vehicle (JK01W 4834) were involved in a head-on collision, resulting in fatal injuries to the scooty-rider.
The scooty-rider was evacuated to SDH Kupwara, where the doctors declared him as brought dead on arrival.
Confirming the incident, a police official told GNS that a case has been registered in this regard for investigations.
The official identified the deceased as Mohammad Maqbool Ganaie of Sever Thandipora.
