NEW DELHI, Aug 19: Nine soldiers were killed and one injured after their vehicle skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in Leh district of Ladakh on Saturday, defence officials in Ladakh said.
The accident took place at Kerey in southern Ladakh’s Nyoma, about 150 kilometres from Leh, on Saturday evening, the officials said. Ten soldiers were travelling in the ill-fated truck while there were five vehicles in the convoy.
Officials said other details were still awaited.
(Manas Dasgupta)