Seven Dead After Vehicle Plunges into Gorge in Kishtwar

0
162

Kishtwar, 24-May: Seven labourers were killed and two others injured, one of them seriously, when the vehicle carrying them to under construction dam site in Dachan tehsil of Kishtwar fell into a deep gorge on Wednesday morning.Officials confirmed that the accident took place in remote Dangdooru village at around 8.30 am after the vehicle bearing registration number JK06 – 3095 carrying the local labourers all from Dachan to the under construction dam site skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge. “The vehicle rolled down into the 300 feet deep gorge, killing seven labourers on the spot and injuring two others. The injured were sent to district hospital Kishtwar,” Dr Devansh Yadav DC Kishtwar said.The condition of the injured was stated to be critical, the officials said.