SRINAGAR: At least three Army personnel died after their vehicle met with an accident in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district, officials said on Saturday.
Three soldiers died, and three others were critically injured after an Army vehicle fell into a deep gorge in the SK Payeen area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Saturday, officials said.
They said that the Army vehicle skidded off the Bandipora-Srinagar road near SK Payeen and fell into a deep gorge, resulting in critical injuries to six soldiers.
The soldiers were immediately rushed to the district hospital in Bandipora, where two were declared dead on arrival.
“Three critically injured soldiers were shifted to Srinagar for advanced treatment. However, one of them succumbed to his injuries on the way. One of the injured soldiers was earlier referred to Sumbal hospital,” officials said. (KNO)
