Excelsior Correspondent
DODA, Jan 30: A driver was killed, when the tipper he was driving plunged into a gorge here today.
The ill-fated vehicle bearing registration number JK02-9075 was on its way from Doda City to Pul Doda, when the driver lost control over the steering and the vehicle landed into 400 feet deep gorge, resulting into on the spot death of driver.
The deceased has been identified as Mohammad Irfan Parrey, son of Ghulam Ali Parrey, a resident of Beoli, district Doda.
After getting information, police and locals rushed to the spot, retrieved the body of the deceased and shifted the same to District Hospital Doda, where after conducting autopsy, the body was handed over to family members for last rites.
A case in this regard has been registered at Doda police station and investigation started.