Jammu and Kashmir: Three killed, seven injured in landslide

Senior Superintendent of Police of Kishtwar district Sandeep Wanzir that the fresh landslide took place around 11 am.

Srinagar: Three persons, including an infant girl, were killed and seven others injured in a landslide on the Doda-Kishtwar highway on Monday when they were crossing on foot a stretch washed away earlier by a rockslide in Jammu and Kashmir.

Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Kishtwar district Sandeep Wanzir told PTI that the fresh landslide took place around 11 am when a group of people was crossing on foot the highway stretch in Drabshalla area.

Two people died on the spot and the one-month-old child died at the hospital.

Seven others were injured in the incident and were being treated, the SSP said.

After a landslide had last week washed away a portion of the road, transport services were severely hit and vehicles were plying on either side of the stretch forcing people to cross the affected part on foot.