Srinagar, March 29: At least ten people were dead in a road accident on Srinagar - Jammu highway in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.At least ten people died after a passenger vehicle en route to Srinagar from Jammu veered off the road and plunged into a deep gorge near Battery Cheshma in the Ramban area along the Jammu-Srinagar highway.
An official told media men that the accident took place shortly after midnight when a vehicle carrying mostly non Kashmiri labourers plunged into a 1000ft deep gorge near Battery Chashma. As per Bashir Ahmad Magray, President Civil QRT, Ramban Volunteers Group, ten bodies were found in a gorge. He said the deceased are mostly outside labourers who were heading towards Kashmir for work.
The exact number of casualties and the condition of any survivors remain unknown as further details are awaited.The exact number of casualties and the condition of any survivors remain unknown as further details are awaited.