BANIHAL/JAMMU, Feb 1: One person was killed and three others injured when a truck loaded with liquor bottles skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway on Saturday, officials said.
The accident occurred near Battery Cheshma in Ramban district when its driver Rafaqat Khattana lost control while negotiating a curve. The truck was en route to Srinagar from Jammu, police said.
Police said the truck rolled down into a 300-feet gorge, resulting in on-the-spot death of Yasir Ali, while the driver along with two others, Junaid and Zakir Hussain, were rescued in a critical condition by the rescuers and shifted to hospital.
