A youth was killed and two others injured in a road accident on Srinagar-Gulmarg highway near Kawoosa locality of Narbal on Monday.

According to local witnesses, the trio were boarding a vehicle carrying building material when it turned turtle.

All three of them injured in the accident were rushed to Sub-district hospital Magam for treatment.

However, the driver succumbed on way to the hospital, an eye-witness said.

More details awaited.

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