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3 killed, 2 injured in road mishap in J&K

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Press Trust of India Bhadarwah (J&K)
Last Updated : Apr 14 2017 | 7:57 PM IST
Three persons, including an employee of the Forest Department, were killed and two others seriously injured when a vehicle they were traveling in skidded off the road and fell into a 100-feet deep gorge near here in Jammu and Kashmir's hilly Doda district.
The accident occurred near Pounra village here late last nightwhen the vehicle was on its way from this town to Manthla, police said.
On hearing about the accident, the villagers rushed to the spot and took all the five passengers to Sub-District Hospital here, where doctors declared three of them, including the driver of the vehicle, as brought dead, they said.
The two seriously injured are undergoing treatment at the hospital, police said.
The deceased have been identified asDes Raj, the forest gaurd, Om Kar and Vejinder Kumar, and the injured as Arun Kumar and Rakesh Kumar, they added.

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First Published: Apr 14 2017 | 7:57 PM IST

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