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11 pilgrims die in Kishtwar road accident

YB WEB DESK. Dated: 8/22/2018 11:01:54 AM

Kishtwar
At least eleven persons were killed and another injured in a road accident at Keward area of Kishtwar on Tuesday morning when a vehicle they were travelling in skidded off the track and rolled down the gorge.
Kishtwat Deputy Commissioner Angrez Singh Rana said, “Eleven people have been killed and one injured in road accident at Keward area of Paddar. They were on their way to Kishtwar from Paddar when the incident happened in the morning.”
SSP Rajinder Kumar Gupta said, “Only a girl survived the accident. Six males and five females were among the dead.”
He added that all the eleven people were on a religious Yatra.
Shortly after the accident, a massive rescue operation was launched. All the 11 bodies were retrieved in the operation. Police as well as locals were part of the rescue operation.