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    J&K: 5 children among 8 killed after car falls into gorge in Anantnag

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    The Hawk
    July27/ 2024
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    The victims, traveling from Kishtwar to Marwah via Sinthan Top, were killed when their vehicle skidded off the road and plunged into a gorge at Daksum.

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    Srinagar: Eight members of a family, including five children, were killed when their vehicle skidded off the road and fell into a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district on Saturday, officials said.

    A policeman, two women and five children aged between six and 16 are among the dead, they said.

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    The victims were travelling from Kishtwar towards Marwah via the Sinthan Top when their vehicle skidded off the road and fell into a gorge at Daksum, officials said.

    The family of eight died on the spot, they said.

    —PTI