Two Indian Army personnel were killed after their heavy-duty vehicle skidded off the road and plunged into a nearly 600-foot-deep gorge near Namika La Pass in Kargil district of Ladakh on Wednesday, officials said.The accident occurred at around 1.30 pm along the Kargil-Leh National Highway (NH-01). The vehicle was reportedly carrying only two personnel, including the driver and co-driver, both of whom died on the spot following the crash.Upon receiving information about the accident, District Police promptly launched a rescue operation and reached the spot as first responders.
Rescue teams subsequently retrieved both bodies from the deep gorge.The bodies were later shifted to the Community Health Centre (CHC) in Chiktan for medico-legal formalities and postmortem examination, officials said. Meanwhile, police have registered a case under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at Police Station Wakha in connection with the incident.The circumstances leading to the accident are yet to be ascertained.
Further investigation into the matter is underway, with police expected to establish the sequence of events that caused the Army vehicle to veer off the road and plunge into the gorge.Further details are awaited.- Ends