Banihal/Jammu, Nov. 10 -- A father-son duo were killed and six others injured in two separate road accidents along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway near Banihal in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, officials said.

Khalid Muzamil Wani, a teacher, and his father Ghulam Mohammad, a retired lecturer, lost their lives when their private car hit a roadside wall near Kharpora in Banihal late this afternoon, the officials said.

Wani's daughter Toyba Nabi, uncle Abdul Qayoom and Nephew Mohd Hussain were injured in the accident and shifted to hospital, they said.

The officials said they were returning to their Gund Adalkoot village in Banihal when the accident occurred, apparently after the driver lost control of the vehicle.

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