Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Aug 7: An Army soldier was killed and three others including a lieutenant were injured when a vehicle they were travelling in fell into a deep gorge in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district today.
An army gypsy bearing registration number 05B089584 while on way to Gurez from Bandipora skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge near Dragbal in the district.
The official said that four army men of 22 Rajasthan Rifles under 109 and 28 Infantry Brigade sustained injuries in the mishap. The injured were removed to district hospital Bandipora where one of the soldiers identified as Rifleman Ram Niwas (belt no. 16018018 W) succumbed to injuries.
The other three injured have been identified as Lieutenant Vijay Shanker Yadav (belt no. SS46916N), Naik Sanwar Mal Godara (belt no. 2896342W) and Anand Kumar (16013932N). They were referred to Army’s 92 Base Hospital here in Srinagar for treatment.
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