Two persons were killed when a tanker carrying chemicals skidded off the highway and rolled down into a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban.

Two persons were killed when a tanker carrying chemicals skidded off the highway and rolled down into a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district, a police official said today. A tanker carrying industrial chemical on its way from Udhampur to Srinagar skidded off the highway at Mehar in Ramban district late last night, the officer said.

2 persons were killed when a tanker carrying chemicals skidded off on highway

Both driver and conductor of the tanker died and their bodies were recovered and kept in a mortuary in Ramban, he said. The deceased were identified as driver Mohammad Hanief and conductor Iqbal from south Kashmir, the official said.