Bhaderwah : As many as 10 Army personnel died and seven others were injured after their vehicle plunged into a 200-foot-deep gorge in Bhaderwah area in Doda district in Jammu and Kashmir. According to sources, the accident took place when the Casper vehicle was travelling along the Bhaderwah–Chamba Road. The vehicle swerved off the road and fell into a nearly 200-foot-deep gorge.
The Army, local administration, police and disaster response teams rushed to the site and promptly launched a rescue operation following the accident. The injured army personnel were evacuated from the gorge and rushed to the nearby hospital at Bhaderwah, where 4 soldiers were declared dead upon arrival. Several other injured soldiers are known to be in a critical condition.
Senior Army officials have reached the site and are monitoring the evacuation efforts. Initial reports suggest that the accident took place in the Bhaderwah area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district. However, an investigation is underway to determine the exact cause of the accident and ascertain how it skidded off the road.
This accident comes amid a heightened security situation in several areas of Jammu and Kashmir and intensified border surveillance ahead of Republic Day celebrations in the country. In the light of reports of an encounter and a subsequent search operation at Kishtwar, security has also been put on high alert in the neighbouring regions of Chamba and Chhatru.
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