A joy ride planned by students via Mughal road turned out to be their last journey as tempo traveller in which they were travelling veered off the hilly road near Peer Ki Gali in South Kashmir's Shopian district leading to death of at least 11 students, including nine girls on Thursday. Seven other students received serious injuries and were rushed to the nearby hospital for medical treatment.
The students were enrolled in a private computer institute in Surankote area of Poonch and were moving towards Kashmir valley when they met with a fatal accident.
Police said, "Tempo traveller bearing registration number JK-12-3475 reportedly overturned and fell in to a deep gorge near Lal Ghulam Bridge area of Peer Ki Gali on Thursday".
Soon after the mishap took place, locals and police launched a rescue operation and evacuated all those onboard the vehicle to District Hospital Shopian.
Additional Deputy Commissioner Shopian Mohammad Saleem Malik confirmed death of 11 persons and injuries to seven others who he said have been shifted to SMHS hospital.