17 killed, 30 injured in J-K road accident

At least seventeen people were killed and 30 injured in a road accident at Digdol in Ramban district of Jammu region this morning.

The incident took place when a Srinagar bound passenger bus in which they were travelling rolled down into a 400 feet deep gorge on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway.

According to media reports, helicopter service is being pressed into service to evacuate the critically injured to Jammu.

Further details are awaited. (ANI)