Ramban, Oct 13 (KNS): A truck driver was killed and its conductor injured after the vehicle plunged into a deep gorge along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Ramban district, officials said on Tuesday.
The truck, bearing registration number RJ19GF/2267, was travelling from Srinagar to Gujarat when it skidded off the road and fell into a 70–80-foot-deep gorge near Nachlana, close to Banihal, during the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday, they said.
The deceased has been identified as Sadiq Khan, a resident of Barmer in Rajasthan, while the injured conductor has been identified as Sikandar, also from Barmer.
The injured is undergoing treatment at the hospital, officials said.
Police have registered a case and launched an investigation into the accident, they added. (KNS)
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