Two persons killed in road mishap on Jammu & Kashmir highway

Two persons were killed and seven others injured in two separate road accidents on Jammu-Kashmir highway in Kathua and Udahmpur districts, police said today.

Gopal Krishen and Vijay Kumar, working in MES department, died and two others were injured when a tanker carrying them rolled down on Jammu-Srinagar highway into a gorge at Prem Nagar area of Chenani belt of Udhampur district last night, they said, adding the injured were hospitalised.

Five members of a family were injured when a car in which they were travelling towards Jammu from Pathankote met with an accident after it turned turtle at Kishenpur belt of Kathua district today, they said.