Jammu, July 14 (PTI) Three people were killed on Friday when a vehicle carrying them skidded off the road and rolled down a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district, officials said.

The vehicle of a private company was deputed for the under-construction Keru power project. The accident took place in Keru area in the district, they said.

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The local people and security personnel launched a rescue operation and recovered three bodies from the site, they said.

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