Army jawan among two killed in accident in Ramban

Two persons, including an army jawan, were killed when the vehicle they were travelling in skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir today.

Sepoy Vipin Kumar of JAT Regiment and a civilian porter were killed in the accident near Digdol on Jammu-Srinagar national highway this afternoon, a police officer said.

He said the vehicle was on its way to Leh from Jammu.

The bodies have been recovered and shifted to a hospital for legal and medical formalities, he said, adding a case has been registered.