Nine dead, six injured as tempo falls into gorge in J&K

August 09, 2017 11:46 am | Updated 11:46 am IST - Jammu

A vehicle carrying passengers skidded off and rolled down into a 200-feet deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district killing nine people and injuring six others, police said on Wednesday.

The tempo fell into the gorge at the Chechi Nallah area in the Mahore belt of the district on Wednesday morning, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Reasi, Tahi Sajad Bhat told PTI .

He said nine people were killed and six others were injured in the accident and a rescue operation has been launched.

The SSP said the injured are being shifted to a hospital and efforts are being made to recover the bodies.

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