Srinagar- At least three persons died and two other injured after a head-on collision between an auto-rickshaw and a bus in Serli village near Katra on Tuesday morning.

An official said that the accident took place on a road connecting the helipad to Katra, a key route for pilgrims visiting the revered Mata Vaishno Devi shrine.

He said that the auto-rickshaw, carrying devotees, collided with a bus that was coming from the opposite direction. “In the incident the auto-rickshaw driver and two passengers died on spot, while two others were injured,” he said, as per news agency KNO.

The injured have been rushed to a nearby medical facility for treatment, he said.

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