Archive · 26 Aug 2026
Six Killed, Three Injured as Vehicle Plunges into Poonch Gorge
A vehicle crashed in Poonch district on Wednesday.
It went off the road and fell into a deep gorge or ditch.
Six people died at the scene.
Officials said the victims included four men and two women.
Three other people were seriously hurt.
One injured child was four years old and in critical condition.
Local people, police, ambulances, and other emergency workers helped after the crash.
The reports do not explain why the vehicle left the road.
Six people were killed and three others seriously injured when a vehicle plunged into a gorge or ditch in Poonch district.
The accident occurred Wednesday in the Sheldhar area of Surankote, Jammu and Kashmir.
Reports said the vehicle was traveling from Poonch toward Sheindhara when it crashed.
The deceased included four men and two women, according to officials; another report initially said one woman.
A four-year-old boy and two other people were injured, with the child reported to be in critical condition.
- Who
- Six people were killed and three were injured, including a four-year-old boy; officials said the deceased included four men and two women.
- What
- A vehicle veered off the road and plunged into a gorge or ditch.
- When
- Wednesday evening.
- Where
- The Sheldhar area of Surankote in Poonch district, Jammu and Kashmir.
- Why
- The reports do not state why the vehicle left the road.
- Deaths
- Six people
- Injuries
- Three people, described as seriously injured
- Deceased
- Officials said four men and two women were killed; one report said at least one woman
- Identified victims
- Mohammad Shafiq, Nazakat Hussain, Sharaz Ahmed, Zahoor Ahmed and Nusarat Naz
- Injured
- A four-year-old unidentified boy, Zaffar Ahmed and Tahir Hussain
- Location
- Sheldhar area of Surankote, Poonch district
- Emergency response
- Locals, police, ambulances and other emergency resources rescued the injured and took them to hospital
- Reported discrepancy
- One report described a deep gorge and a route toward Sheindhara, while officials described a ditch in Sheldhar and said the deceased were aged about 20 to 25
