Poonch : In a predawn accident on Monday, 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, officials said.
They 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. Soon after getting the information, SHO concerned Sandeep Charak told GNS that teams of police, Army, SDRF, QRT Ramban and locals launched a massive rescue operation.
Deputy Commissioner Ramban confirmed in a tweet that two persons were killed in the accident.
“Bodies recovered. Police & QRTs on spot.” The deceased have been identified as driver Alyas Ahmad Khatana (40) and helper Sameer Ahmad Khatana (26), both residents of Kokernag in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. (GNS)