Kupwara, Nov 12: A man was killed and two others sustained injuries after a Mahindra Xylo vehicle skidded off the road and plunged down a slope in the Dub area of Sadhna Top in Kupwara district on Wednesday evening, officials said.
An official said that the vehicle, while travelling through the Sadhna Top area of Kupwara, skidded off the road and plunged down a slope, leaving three persons injured.
He said the injured were shifted to Kralpora Hospital for treatment, where one of them succumbed to his injuries, while the remaining two are undergoing treatment.
The deceased was identified as Mumtaz Ahmed, a resident Karnah. The injured include the driver, Danish Ahmed, while the identity of the other injured person is yet to be ascertained.
Cognisance of the incident has been taken and further investigation has been initiated. (KNO)
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