JAMMU: Three persons, including an infant girl, were killed and seven others injured in a landslide on the Doda-Kishtwar highway today when they were crossing on foot a stretch washed away earlier by rockslide.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Kishtwar district Sandeep Wanzir said that the fresh landslide took place around 11 AM when a group of people were crossing on foot the highway stretch in Drabshalla area.
Two people died on the spot and the one-month-old child died at hospital.
Seven others were injured in the incident and were being treated, the SSP said.
After a landslide had last week washed away a portion of the road, transport services were severely hit and vehicles were plying on either side of the stretch forcing people to cross the affected part on foot. (AGENCIES)
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