Four killed, 20 injured in accident in Doda

Four persons were killed when a Matador van skidded off the road and plunged into a gorge in Doda district.

Four persons were killed and 20 injured, some of them seriously, when a Matador van skidded off the road and plunged into a gorge in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday.

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The driver of the van, which was going from Bharat to Doda lost control while negotiating a curve and it fell into the gorge at Baswal, police said.

They said four persons died on the spot and 20 were rushed to the Doda district hospital after rescue teams rushed to the accident site.

The condition of six of the injured is stated to be serious.