India • Jun 24, 2025

Tragic collision claims 2 lives in Rajouri

Early Tuesday morning in Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir, a tempo traveler and a mini load carrier crashed head-on in the area of Chattyari-Chingus.
The accident sadly took the lives of Insha Fatima (26) and Farzana Begum (50), while nine others were left injured.

TL;DR

Tempo traveler was heading from Rajouri to Jammu

Fatima was from Khotra, and Begum was from Fatehpur; among the injured are Begum's husband Mohd Iqbal and their daughter Rafia.
The tempo traveler was heading from Rajouri to Jammu when the crash happened.
Army, police, and rescue teams responded quickly—seven people were taken to Government Medical College hospital in Rajouri, while two others were shifted to a military hospital.
Authorities have started investigating how it all unfolded.