Anantnag, July 18 : A driver was killed after a tractor he was driving over turned at Kandiwara village of Kokarnag area in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Saturday.
Police sources told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that driver lost his control over the tractor without registration number while it was surmounting a slope and turned turtle.
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The driver came beneath the tractor and died on spot, they said.
Police sources identified the deceased as Raouf Ahmad Bhat son of Abdul Raziq Bhat, a resident of Kandiwara, Anantnag—(KNO)
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