Two persons were killed and eight others injured today when the vehicle in which they were travelling fell into a gorge on Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Two persons died on the spot while eight others were injured, a police official said.
A tempo-traveller, on its way to Jammu, skidded off the road and fell into a gorge around 3:20 pm at Nachilana area of Ramban district, he said.
A rescue operation was launched and the injured were shifted to a hospital, the official said.