In a road accident driver lost his life after the load carrier he was driving skidded off the road and feel into a gorge near Chambalwass Banihal on Srinagar-Jammu highway on Sunday morning.
Police report said a medium load carrier (No. PB06AK-2226) en route to Kashmir from Punjab carrying live stock (chickens) skidded from the road and fell into a gorge resulting on spot death of its driver.
The deceased was identified as Ramesh Kumar son of Bawani of Pathankot Punjab.
Reportedly hundreds of chickens also got killed in this accident.