Jammu, March 30 -- Ten passengers were killed when a passenger taxi skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge in Ramban district on Friday.

Police said the passenger taxi on its way from Jammu to Srinagar met with an accident and fell into around 800-feet deep gorge near Battery Chashma area of the district.

"A passenger taxi rolled down a deep gorge on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway near Battery Chashma in the Ramban area. Police, SDRF, and civil QRT Ramban reached on spot, rescue operation is going on," J&K Police posted on X.

Police added that information was received of an unfortunate incident at about 1.15 AM that a vehicle Tavera (Taxi) carrying passengers on its way towards Kashmir from Jammu rolled down in a deep gor...