In a tragic road accident on Thursday in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtawar district when six passengers were killed when a vehicle in which they were traveling skidded and fell into a gorge, officials said. Five persons died on the spot and one succumbed to his injuries in hospital, they said. The deceased has been identified as Latief Rather, Abdul Rehman, Mohd Irfan, Ghulam Hassan, Atta Mohd, and Zubair Ahmed, they said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed pain at the loss of lives in a road accident in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar on Thursday. "Pained by the loss of lives due to a road accident in Kishtwar. My thoughts are with the bereaved families in this hour of sadness," the prime minister said in a tweet.
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