Two tourists among five killed in Kashmir

Two tourists from West Bengal were among five people who died in two road accidents on Wednesday in Jammu and Kashmir, police said.

The tourists were killed when their vehicle, going from Pahalgam to Jammu, spun out of control on the Srinagar-Jammu highway in Ramban district and plunged into the Chenab river.

In another accident in Doda district, a truck carrying three persons also fell into the Chenab. All three died.

--IANS

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