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J&K: Army jawan, another feared dead as truck falls in Chenab

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Press Trust of India Jammu
Two persons including an Army jawan arefeared dead after a truck skidded off thehighway and fell into the Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district today, the police said.

A truck skidded off the Jammu-Srinagar national highway and rolled down into river Chenab near Mehar area of the district thismorning, a police official said.

In the accident, two persons may have drowned, the official saidadding that driver of the truck has been identified as Angrez Singhof Udhampur and the jawan as Naresh.

The jawan was on leave and was travelling in the truck to Udhampur,the police said.

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First Published: Jun 21 2017 | 4:13 PM IST

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