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Three of family dead as car falls into gorge

Tribune News Service

Updated At : 11:47 AM Feb 22, 2021 IST

Jammu, February 21

Three members of a family were killed on Sunday after their car skidded off the road and plunged into a 250-foot gorge in Kishtwar district, the police said.

Jassi Devi (50), her son Nitin Kumar (27) and daughter Kajal (20) died on the spot in the accident, a police official said, adding that Kumar was driving the car and lost control over the vehicle while negotiating a blind curve on the hilly road.

The bodies have been retrieved and will be handed over to their next of kin for the last rites, the official said, adding acase had been registered. — PTI

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Three of family dead as car falls into gorge

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