Excelsior Correspondent
RAMBAN, June 18: A 35-year-old man was killed when a dumper driven by him skidded off the road and plunged into a 400-foot-deep gorge near Chambalwas area in tehsil Banihal along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, here today.
Reyaz Ahmad Lohar, son of Ghulam Mohi-u-Din Lohar, a resident of Chambalwas was unloading muck when he lost control over the vehicle, which fell into the gorge at Chamalwas near Banihal, along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, a police official said.
He said Lohar, a local resident, was working for a contractor engaged by a construction company to dump muck from a section of the ongoing highway-widening project.
The rescuers rushed to the scene of the accident and evacuated Lohar to the Sub-District Hospital (SDH) Banihal, where he was declared brought dead by the doctors, the official said, adding that the body of the deceased was handed over to his family for the last rites after the completion of legal formalities.
A case under relevant Sections has been registered at Police Station Banihal and investigation started.
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