Army jawan among two killed in accident in Ramban

Banihal: Two persons, including an army jawan, were killed when the vehicle they were travelling in skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir today.

Sepoy Vipin Kumar of JAT Regiment and a civilian porter were killed in the accident near Digdol on Jammu-Srinagar national highway this afternoon, a police officer said.

He said the vehicle was on its way to Leh from Jammu.

The bodies have been recovered and shifted to a hospital for legal and medical formalities, he said, adding a case has been registered.

PTI