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Upon receiving news of the accident, rescue teams were swiftly deployed to the scene. The injured passengers were immediately provided medical assistance and then transferred to a hospital in Jammu for further treatment.
As per media reports, the incident occurred in the evening when the victims were returning from a religious program held at Mansa Mata temple. The driver appeared to have lost control of the tractor trolley which led to the collision with a pole and the subsequent fall into a gorge, said police.
At least seven people were killed, while 20 others were injured after a bus skidded off a bridge and fell into a gorge on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway near Jhajjar Kotli on Tuesday.