One killed, 9 injured as vehicle falls into gorge in Jammu & Kashmir's Udhampur

One person died and nine others sustained injuries when a vehicle skidded off the road and rolled down into a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district on Friday, officials said.

A tempo traveller carrying passengers from Patnitop to Jammu skidded off the Patnitop-Kud road at Kassal Morh and rolled down into a deep gorge, they said.

In the incident, Rajul Pran of Maharashtra was killed and nine others, mostly from Maharashtra were injured, they said adding that the injured have been hospitalised.