Jammu Kashmir: 4 killed after vehicle plunges into gorge in Ganderbal

DN Bureau

At least four people are feared dead after the vehicle they were travelling in rolled down a deep gorge at Zojila Pass in Ganderbal district in Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Ganderbal: At least four people are feared dead after the vehicle they were travelling in rolled down a deep gorge at Zojila Pass in Ganderbal district in Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday.

As per officials, the mishap occurred on Zojila Pass in Ganderbal district.

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The accident occurred when the tourist group were returning to Srinagar from Leh in two cabs. As the road was slippery due to snow, the driver of the cab carrying seven of the 13 tourists lost control at a turn near Zojila Pass on the Srinagar-Leh National Highway and fell into a ravine. Apart from the four men from Kerala, the cab driver -- who hailed from Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal district -- also died.

Further details are awaited. (Agencies)

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