Jammu, Sept 27 (PTI) A special police officer (SPO) was killed and three others, including two cops, were injured when their vehicle skidded off the road and fell into a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district on Wednesday, officials said.

The accident took place near a dam at Chanderkote, they said.

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SPO Swami Raj died in the accident while the injured -- including cops Sewa Singh and Parvaiz Ahmed -- have been hospitalised, they said.

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