Two killed in car accident

Two persons were killed and one was injured when a car in which they were travelling in skidded off the road and fell into a gorge in Sakoh village near Dharamsala, police said today.

The accident occurred yesterday when the three youths were on their way to arrange a generator for Janmashtami celebrations near a temple here.

42-year-old Jagroop Singh and 30-year-old Sanjeev Kumar were declared dead by the doctors in the zonal hospital Dharamsala, while the condition of the third passenger is stated to be critical, they said.