3 Kashmir-origin Americans among 5 killed in New York cars collision.

MIRPUR (AJK) -- At least five persons, including three Kashmir-origin American nationals, belonging to Mirpur, were killed in a road accident after two over-speeding cars collided head on near the Broome County Line in the Town of Richford in New York, United States, on Sunday.

According to reports reaching here, the ill-fated youth were identified as Chaudhry Sikander, son of Sufi Muhammad Nazir, ex President of Kashmir Press Club Mirpur, Nasir Mahmood, (Sufi's son-in-law) and another family member Iftikhar. Two others, travelling in the car coming from opposite direction and died in the accident, could not be identified.

The Tioga County Sheriff's Office confirmed the five deaths in the two-car collision on State Route 79 near the Broome County Line in the Town of Richford. Investigations revealed that the vehicle occupied by five persons...

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