SRINAGAR: A truck driver was killed and his helper injured after their vehicle plunged into a deep gorge near Nachlana on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway during the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday.
The truck, bearing registration number RJ19GF/2267, was travelling from Srinagar towards Gujarat when it met with the accident near Khari Bridge and fell into a gorge close to Bishlari Nallah, reports said.
The occupants were identified as Sadiq Khan, son of Duda Khan, a resident of Phagniya tehsil in Rajasthan’s Barmer district, and helper Sikandar, son of Hashim, a resident of Dhanoo in the same district.
Both were taken to Sub-District Hospital (SDH) Banihal, where doctors declared Khan dead on arrival. Sikandar is undergoing treatment.
Further details are awaited.
