One person injured after being hit by avalanche in J&K's Kupwara

One person was critically injured while two others were evacuated safely after they were buried by an avalanche near Farkin Top in north Kashmir's Kupwara district today, police said.

A JCB machine working on the Farkin-Keran road near Farkin Top was hit by the avalanche, a police spokesman said.

The JCB operator, identified as Amerdeep Singh, was critically injured, he said.

Singh was shifted to a medical facility, the spokesman said, adding that two others, Shakoor Ahmad Piswal and Mohammad Sumander Mir, both residents of Farkin, were evacuated safely.