Jammu: A person was killed and two others suffered injuries when a load carrier they were travelling in skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Tuesday.
Police said that the vehicle on its way to Neel from Makarkoot late on Monday evening met with an accident and fell into a gorge when its driver Shakeel Ahmad (19), a resident of Parnote, lost control on reaching Gugwani.
They said that teams were immediately rushed to the accident site.
The driver had died on the spot while two others namely Nazir Ahmad Sheikh and Shabir Ahmad, were rescued and shifted to the hospital, police added.