Speeding lorry crushes SPO to death in Kupwara

A special police officer (SPO) was crushed to death by a speeding vehicle (tipper) in Kralpora area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Saturday morning.

Station House Officer (SHO), Kralpora Waseem Ahmad Budoo said that the SPO Danish Ahmed Payer was injured critically after being hit by the tipper at main market Kralpora at about 07:45 am.

He was immediately taken to a nearby hospital where he succumbed, he said.

“A case under relevant sections of law has been registered and investigations into the matter has been initiated,” he said. (GNS)