3 Jawans Killed As Army Vehicles Plunges Into Gorge In J&K's Ramban

Three Army personnel were killed after the vehicle they were travelling in skidded off the road and plunged into a 700-feet deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district on Sunday, officials said. 

The army truck was part of a convoy moving from Jammu to Srinagar along national highway-44 when the accident took place near Battery Chashma at around 11.30 am, the officials said, reported PTI. 

A joint rescue operation was launched immediately after the accident by army, police, State Disaster Response Force, and local volunteers. three soldiers, travelling in the vehicle, were found dead on-the-spot, they said. 

The deceased Army personnel were identified as sepoys Amit Kumar, Sujeet Kumar and Man Bahadur. Their bodies were recovered from the gorge, the officials said, adding the crash reduced the vehicle into a mangled heap of metal.

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