Nine killed in Leh road accident

Nine people were killed on Saturday in a road accident in Jammu and Kashmir's Leh district.

Police said the tragedy occured when a truck went out of the driver's control at Lamayuru in Leh district.

"The truck plunged into a deep gorge killing nine people who were travelling in the truck. All the killed persons belonged to two families of labourers from Rajasthan", police said.

--IANS

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