Eleven persons, including nine girls, died in a major road accident in Peer Ki Gali area on the historic Mughal road in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Thursday.
A police official said a tempo traveller on way to Shopianfrom Poonch skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in Lal Ghulamarea, resulting into death of eleven passengers.
He said that the students of a private computer institute from Surankote were heading towards Dhobijan for a picnic when the mishap took place.