BANIHAL/JAMMU, Aug 28: A 40-year-old dumper driver was killed when his vehicle skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district on Wednesday, police said.
The accident took place around 8 am near Hanjoos on under construction Siran-Sirachi link road in Khari tehsil, said a police official.
The driver Mohammad Iqbal Khan, a resident of Chanpa village of Batote, was found critically injured by the rescuers and was taken to sub-district hospital Banihal, the officials said.
The driver succumbed to his injuries while being shifted to the Government Medical College hospital Anantnag for specialized treatment, they said. (Agencies)
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