At least four people were feared drowned after a car skidded off the road and plunged into the Chenab river in Doda district’s Prem Nagar, yesterday.
The Maruti Suzuki car was on its way to Kishtwar from Doda when it skidded off the Batote-Kishtwar National Highway around 7.30 pm and rolled down into the fast-flowing river, according to reports.
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While rescue operations was launched shortly after the incident, no traces of the car or the passengers were found.
Sub divisional Magistrate (Thathri) Athar Amin Zargar along with local volunteers and rafters of JK Adventures who are stationed near the accident site at Shibnote, launched a rescue operation but there was no trace of neither the vehicle nor its four occupants.
Reinforcements have been rushed to the scene and a massive search operation is underway to trace the victims.
