Srinagar: A young couple was injured in a road accident near Kandote area of Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday.

A senior police official said that a car bearing registration number JK02BL-6572 was on its way from Kishtwar to Jammu when it skidded off the road and fell into a 70-feet deep gorge on a sharp curve near Kandote area, 6 km from Thathri town on Batote-Doda-Kishtwar highway.

 “After receiving the information, locals and police immediately reached at the spot and shifted the couple to Trauma Hospital Thathri,” he said.

Later, both were shifted to District Hospital Kishtwar for further treatment.

Police has identified the injured couple as Prof. Zahoor Ahmed (30) Son of Ghulam Mohd and his wife Uzma Begum (26), resident of Warwan, Kishtwar.

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