Srinagar, April 05: Three persons were today killed and 40 injured when a mini bus in which they were travelling in, skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in mountainous Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, police here said.
”Three passengers died and 40 injured when the mini bus which was on way to Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University accidentally skidded off near Dhanadhari and fell into a gorge this morning at around 1115 hrs,” police sources told UNI.
On receiving information, police party, army and locals rushed to the spot and shifted the injured to the hospital.
”Two persons died on the spot and the third casualty was reported when the injured were being shifted to the hospital,” a police official said.
The identities of the deceased are yet to be ascertained, he added.
—Agencies