3 killed as truck falls into gorge on JK highway

Three people were killed when a truck they were travelling in skidded off the road and rolled down a gorge on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Ramban district early today.

The truck, which was headed for Jammu from Srinagar, met with the accident at around 4 am today in the Battery Chashma area along the highway, a police officer said.

Three bodies were recovered in a search operation, he said, adding that all deceased were from Srinagar.