Srinagar: Two persons were killed after a truck, laden with empty gas cylinders, skidded off the road and rolled down into a deep gorge along Jammu-Srinagar Highway in Ramban district on Monday early morning, officials said.
An official said that the truck (JKO3K-3243), on its way to Jammu from Srinagar, rolled down into the deep gorge near Battery Chishma in Ramban around 4 a.m.
He said soon after the incident, a rescue operation was launched jointly by Police, QRT and Army’s ROP.
The official said two bodies have been recovered from the spot while their identity was being ascertained.
