A car, in which five persons were travelling from Drabshalla to Kishtwar district, skidded off the road and rolled down into a gorge at Kandni belt last evening, police said today.
In the mishap, three persons, including a government employee, died and two others were injured, they said, adding that injured have been hospitalised.
The deceased have been identified as Shadi Lal, a peon in Education Department, Kewal Krishen and Satesh Kumar, they said.