Military truck falls into 300-ft gorge, 5 troopers killed in J&Okay’s Poonch

No less than 5 troopers have been killed and 5 others have been injured when a car carrying them skidded off the street and rolled down right into a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Tuesday night, Military officers stated.

The accident occurred within the Gharoa space when an Military car was on its strategy to Banoi within the district, they stated, including that rescue groups have recovered 5 our bodies. The car plunged right into a gorge, roughly 300-350 ft deep, they added.

“All ranks of White Knight Corps lengthen their deepest condolences on the tragic lack of 5 courageous troopers in a car accident throughout operational obligation within the Poonch sector. Rescue operations are ongoing, and the injured personnel are receiving medical care,” White Knight Corps wrote on X.

All ranks of #WhiteKnightCorps lengthen their deepest condolences on the tragic lack of 5 courageous troopers in a car accident throughout operational obligation within the #Poonch sector.

Rescue operations are ongoing, and the injured personnel are receiving medical care.@adgpi…

— White Knight Corps (@Whiteknight_IA) December 24, 2024

The accident reportedly occurred at round 5:40 pm when the car of the 11 Maratha LI deployed in an space travelling to Balnoi alongside the LoC, fell right into a gorge leading to accidents to 10 military personnel together with the motive force, TOI reported citing sources.

With inputs from businesses.