Four of family drowned in Ladakh, teen in Doda

SRINAGAR: Exactly a week after nine members of two families were crushed to death in a road accident, the tragedy struck the Ladakh region again on Saturday when four members of a family were drowned in a river after their vehicle plunged into it. While bodies of two of them were retrieved, the search was on to trace out the other two.
The incident took place early on Saturday when an Alto car bearing registration number JK10 1693 and carrying four members of a family including a minor plunged deep into the Indus River in Khalsi.
The ill-fated vehicle was on its way from Khalsi to Gumta, when the incident took place.
“Immediately a rescue and search operation was launched by police, administration and locals of the area,” an official commented.
Two dead bodies were later retrieved from the river and two people are still missing, he added.
The rescue operation was going on to trace the other two people as well till late evening.
Earlier on June 8, nine labourers hailing from Rajasthan were killed when a cement-laden truck bearing registration number JK13B 0171 went out of the driver's control near Moon Land Lamayuru and rolled down a deep gorge.
In a separate incident, a 17-year-old boy was washed away while he was taking a bath in a river in Doda district on Saturday.
Three teenagers slipped into the Neeru river due to a strong current when they were taking a bath near the Doda-Bhadarwah highway, the police said.
Two boys were rescued by the locals who reached the spot immediately. A search is on for the missing one, Shoib Malik, said Bhadarwah Superintendent of Police Raj Singh Gouria.