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9 dead in central Kashmir’s Zojila Pass road accident

Nine commuters were killed in an accident on the Zojila Pass connecting Srinagar with Kargil in central Kashmir on Thursday.

Officials said a car, carrying passengers, was travelling from Kargil to Sonamarg when it skidded off the road and rolled down 400 feet in the night. The bodies of the victims were retrieved from the accident site and identified. Among those killed were visitors from Gujarat, Jharkhand, Punjab and Chhattisgarh. 

“Extremely pained by the loss of lives due to the tragic road accident at Chini Nallah, Zojila Pass,” J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha registered his condolence.

One injured was shifted to a hospital in Srinagar.

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