Three killed, 7 injured as car collides with truck

Three persons were killed and seven others injured when the vehicle in which they were travelling, collided head-on with a truck on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway on Friday, police sources said.

Three persons were killed and seven others injured when the vehicle in which they were travelling, collided head-on with a truck on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway on Friday, police sources said.

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A sports utility vehicle (SUV) carrying 10 persons collided with a truck coming from opposite direction at Barsoo near Awantipora, 35 kms from here, this afternoon.

Three of the occupants of the SUV died on the spot while seven others were injured, they added.

The SUV was on its way to Anantnag from here when the accident took place, adding the injured were admitted to hospital where the condition of four of them was stated to be "critical".