Child among 2 killed, 6 people injured as vehicle falls into gorge on Mughal Road

M S Nazki

Jammu : A child was among two people killed when a vehicle they were travelling in met with an accident along Mughal Road on Friday.

Official sources told that a Bolero vehicle (JK02DJ-5386 ) fell into a gorge near Panar area, resulting in injuries to eight people, all residents of Dharhal Rajouri. Later locals and a police party reached the spot and removed the injured including five children to hospital who were subsequently shifted to GMC Rajouri. Two of them later died and included a child, they added.

SHO Surankote Rajesh Thapa confirmed to  the death of two people including the child in the accident and said that the injured are under treatment. He said a case has been registered in this regard.