Ramban: A person died on spot after the truck he was driving towards Jammu skidded off the road and fell into a gorge at Digdol on Srinagar-Jammu national highway late Saturday night.
Police said a truck (PB13AR-6914) skidded off the road and fell into a gorge at Digdol. Soon after the accident, the rescue teams of police and local volunteers rushed to the spot and they, after hectic efforts, retrieved his body from the gorge.
Police identified the deceased as Palvinder Singh, son of Ajeet Singh, resident of Sadhu Chak Gurdaspur, Punjab.
Police said that the body of the deceased driver was retrieved from the gorge and shifted to the mortuary of District Hospital.
