A mother-son duo was killed while two other members of the family were injured when a vehicle they were traveling in skidded off the road and fell into a gorge in the Mahore area of Reasi district on Sunday.

Official sources told a local media that an Alto (JK02AB-2403) in which four members of a family were going on  met with an accident near Shila Shajroo Mahore, resulting in the death of Sakeena Begum (42) and her son Imityaz Ahmed (20).

Begum’s husband Abdul Majeed and their daughter Nazmeen Kousar (15), residents of Jamaslan, were injured and shifted to Community Health Centre Mahore by rescuers comprising locals and police.

A police officer told the media that a case has been registered with regard to the accident.