POONCH: Nine persons were killed and four others sustained injuries when the vehicle they were travelling in skidded off the road and fell into a 300-foot-deep gorge in Poonch district of Jammu & Kashmir on Thursday.
A police spokesperson said the vehicle was ferrying wedding guests from Murrah village to Surankote.
While six persons died on the spot, three others succumbed to injuries on the way to hospital. The injured were shifted to hospital by rescuers, including local volunteers, police and Army personnel.
The deceased were identified as Ghulam Rabani (55), Mohammad Fazal (60), Mohammad Mushtaq (63), all residents of Salyan; Fazal Ahmed (62), Gulab Din (36), both from Gurasi; Mohammad Jahangir (36), Mohammad Akbar (62) Abid Kohli (28), and Showkat Hussain (45), all residents of Dingla.
The injured, including the vehicle driver Zaheer Abass of Gurasi, Anaya Shoket of Dingla, Haroon of Gursai and Mohammad Zabir of Gursai, were referred from Surankote hospital to Rajouri.
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POONCH: Nine persons were killed and four others sustained injuries when the vehicle they were travelling in skidded off the road and fell into a 300-foot-deep gorge in Poonch district of Jammu & Kashmir on Thursday. A police spokesperson said the vehicle was ferrying wedding guests from Murrah village to Surankote. While six persons died on the spot, three others succumbed to injuries on the way to hospital. The injured were shifted to hospital by rescuers, including local volunteers, police and Army personnel. The deceased were identified as Ghulam Rabani (55), Mohammad Fazal (60), Mohammad Mushtaq (63), all residents of Salyan; Fazal Ahmed (62), Gulab Din (36), both from Gurasi; Mohammad Jahangir (36), Mohammad Akbar (62) Abid Kohli (28), and Showkat Hussain (45), all residents of Dingla. The injured, including the vehicle driver Zaheer Abass of Gurasi, Anaya Shoket of Dingla, Haroon of Gursai and Mohammad Zabir of Gursai, were referred from Surankote hospital to Rajouri. FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA