{
  "id": 298919,
  "title": "Sick teen dies as ambulance gets stuck in mud for hours in J&K's Rajouri",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/sick-teen-dies-as-ambulance-gets-stuck-in-mud-for-hours-in-j-ks",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-08T06:03:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/sick-teen-dies-as-ambulance-gets-stuck-in-mud-for-hours-in-jks-rajouri/articleshow/133047461.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A 17-year-old girl from Methyani village in Rajouri district, Jammu and Kashmir, tragically lost her life while being taken to the Government Medical College Hospital due to an ambulance becoming stuck in mud for nearly three hours. The incident occurred on the Chak Methyani-Panglar-Kotecharwal road, which serves as the primary route to several remote villages in the region.\n\nThe girl had been suffering from an illness for nearly a month and was taken to the hospital on Friday. However, the vehicle transporting her became trapped in a mudslide near Chak Methyani, leaving her stuck for an extended period. Despite volunteers eventually freeing the ambulance, the girl's condition had deteriorated, resulting in her untimely death.\n\nThe district administration has suspended an engineer involved in the road construction project and initiated an inquiry into the matter. The Additional Deputy Commissioner found that the road was in extremely poor condition due to landslides and deep ditches, rendering it unfit for vehicular movement despite previous restoration efforts. The road had also been damaged by a mudslide last monsoon season, which was only temporarily fixed.\n\nThe district development commissioner has ordered the immediate suspension of the assistant executive engineer responsible for the road project until an inquiry is completed. The executive engineer has been warned that disciplinary action may be taken against him, with his salary withheld pending the outcome of the investigation.",
  "summary": "A 17-year-old girl from Methyani village in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir died after being transported in an ambulance that got stuck in a mudslide for nearly three hours. The incident occurred on the Chak Methyani-Panglar-Kotecharwal road, which serves as a primary link for several remote villages in the region. The road had been washed away during the monsoon last year and was temporarily restored before another mudslide hit the area two weeks ago, leaving it in a poor condition. The district administration has suspended a government engineer and initiated an inquiry into the incident, noting the executive engineer's failure to restore the road despite repeated directives as prima facie negligence.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}