Jammu, Oct. 13 -- A truck driver and a 12-year-old girl were killed, while eight persons sustained injuries in three separate road accidents across Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Tuesday.
In the first incident, a truck driver was killed and his helper injured after their vehicle plunged into a 100-foot-deep gorge near Nachlana along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Banihal area of Ramban district during the intervening night.
Police said the truck was travelling from Srinagar to Gujarat when the accident occurred. Both occupants were shifted to Sub-District Hospital (SDH), Banihal, where the driver was declared dead, while the helper is undergoing treatment.
The deceased was identified as Sadiq Khan, a resident of Barmer in Raja...