Two labourers from Bihar were killed and five others injured when their cab turned turtle on Srinagar-Jammu national highway today, police said.
A SUV carrying a group of non-state labourers from Anantnag to Awantipora turned turtle near Panzalpora in Bijbehara, 45 kms from here, resulting in on-the-spot death of two labourers and injuries to five others, a police spokesman said.
He identified the deceased labourers as Mehta Paswan and Bacho Reshi, both residents of Bihar and said the injured were shifted to hospital for treatment.
Police has registered a case and started investigations, the spokesman said.
In another accident, the spokesman said three students were injured when their school bus turned turtle near Kakaw-ring village in Charar-e-Sharief area of central Kashmir's Budgam district this morning.
The injured students were hospitalised, he said.
