GANDERBAL (Jammu and Kashmir) : Four people and two others were killed after a four-wheeler they were traveling in plunged into Sindh river near a village in the Sonamarg area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, police said on Sunday night.
According to officials, nine people were traveling in the vehicle when it skidded off the road and plunged into the river.
Police personnel from the Gund Police Station received information about the incident at 4 pm on Sunday and rushed to the spot near Gagangeer village.
Upon receiving information, a team of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) also arrived at the scene and started the rescue operation, they said.
Police said that four bodies have been recovered from the Sindh stream, and two of the victims were rescued in an injured condition.
The injured have been taken to a nearby hospital for treatment, and a search for three others is ongoing, they added.
More details are awaited. (ANI)