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6 Amarnath pilgrims killed, 2 injured in road accident
Six Amarnath pilgrims from Punjab were killed and two others injured when their vehicle skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge near Ramsu on Jammu-Srinagar highway today.
Six Amarnath pilgrims from Punjab were killed and two others injured when their vehicle skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge near Ramsu on Jammu-Srinagar highway on Saturday.
The driver was negotiating a curve when the vehicle met with the accident at Mom Passi near Ramsu, 165 kms from here this afternoon, police said adding it plunged into a 200-feet deep gorge.
Rescue teams immediately rushed to the site and evacuated the injured to Banihal sub-district hospital, they said.
The deceased have been identified as Newal Chander, Sudesh Kumar, Arun Kumar, Bhupinder Singh, Tilak Raj and Jagdish Raj- all belonging to Jallandhar city of Punjab.
The injured, identified as Ashwani Kumar and driver Kuldeep Kumar, also belonged to Jallandhar. Their condition was stated to be stable, they said.
The vehicle was part of today's batch of 85 vehicles which left from the base camp of Bhagwati Nagar here for onward journey to cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas.
