MIRPUR:At least eight members of the same family, including five children, were killed in a devastating road accident at Daksum in the Kokernag area of Kishtiwar district in the illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir state on Saturday, according to a report reaching here late Saturday from across the line of control. The tragic accident occurred when their vehicle, a Maruti Swift bearing registration number JK03H 9017, skidded off the road and fell into a ditch while they were traveling from Kishtwar to Marwah via Sinthan Top, the report said. Emergency services remained unable to save any of the occupants of the vehicle, all of whom were pronounced dead at the scene, the report said. \u201cOccupied Kashmir\u2019s puppet state authorities have started a probe to ascertain the cause of the accident, which is suspected to be due to the difficult and often dangerous road conditions in the region,\u201d the report further revealed. The accident has cast a pall of gloom over the Kishtwar district, with local residents expressing their condolences to the bereaved family, the report added. APP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MIRPUR:At least eight members of the same family, including five children, were killed in a devastating road accident at Daksum in the Kokernag area of Kishtiwar district in the illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir state on Saturday, according to a report reaching here late Saturday from across the line of control. The tragic accident occurred […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-421275","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n