Jammu, Feb 10 (PTI) Three people, including an infant, were killed and 12 others were injured when an SUV skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, officials said on Saturday. The overloaded passenger vehicle met with the accident at the Hakoo village on the Gulabgarh-Machail road late Friday evening, the officials said.
At least seven people were killed while another was critically injured after a cruiser vehicle of Pakal Dul Project they were traveling in met with an accident in J-K's Kishtwar, informed officials.
An Indian Army chopper was crashed in Kishtwar District of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, as per India Today. The incident purportedly took place near Machhna village in the district's Marwah tehsil. At least three people were onboard the chopper when the crash took place.
A search and rescue operation has been launched. Reports citing sources suggest the pilots of the chopper sustained injuries however they are safe. “One Army AHL Dhruv helicopter crashed near Kishtwar, Jammu & Kashmir today. Pilots have suffered injuries but are safe," reported said citing sources.
Two back-to-back landslides hit the construction site. Members of the rescue team were also hit by a landslide while rescuing a driver who was buried under debris.
Kishtwar accident: As many as eight persons were killed while three others sustained injuries after the vehicle in which they were travelling in skidded off the road and plunged into a valley in Kishtwar, police said on Tuesday.