JAMMU: Ten Military troopers have been killed and 11 wounded round midday Thursday when an armoured troop provider skidded off a slender mountain highway in J&Okay and plunged almost 200ft right into a gorge. The six-wheel truck was heading to a counterterrorism operation within the higher reaches of Doda district, a distant, forested space within the Jammu area, when it misplaced traction close to Khanni Prime — a 9,000ft-high cross on Bhaderwah–Chamba interstate highway that hyperlinks J&Okay with Himachal Pradesh.An Military-police joint rescue effort started instantly after the crash, which occurred in unhealthy climate on a steep stretch of highway carved into the mountains. “The car carrying troops for an operation slipped off the highway whereas navigating treacherous terrain in unhealthy climate,” White Knight Corps stated in a put up on X.4 troopers died on the crash website. Others died of accidents whereas being evacuated or after reaching hospital, officers stated. At the least 10 of the injured have been airlifted to the Military’s Northern Command Hospital in Udhampur. One injured soldier stays below statement at a sub-district hospital in Bhaderwah city, about 190km northeast of Jammu metropolis, and is reported to be steady.The troops have been touring in a bulletproof Casspir — also called Casper — a mine-resistant ambush-protected car designed to defend troopers from land mines and roadside bombs.PM Narendra Modi, defence minister Rajnath Singh, Lt governor Manoj Sinha, CM Omar Abdullah and Northern Command GoC-in-C Lt Gen Pratik Sharma expressed grief and condolences to the households of the lifeless, and wished a speedy restoration to the injured.“Deeply anguished by the mishap in Doda, by which now we have misplaced our courageous military personnel. Their service to the nation will likely be remembered eternally. Might the injured recuperate on the earliest. All doable assist is being supplied to these affected,” Modi posted on X.The crash provides to a collection of deadly accidents involving navy autos within the mountainous terrain of J&Okay and Ladakh, the place slender roads, sharp bends and frequent landslides pose fixed dangers. Thursday’s accident took the toll to 30 since 2023.In July 2025, a Lt Col and a soldier have been killed when a boulder struck a convoy car in japanese Ladakh. In Jan final yr, 4 troopers died after their truck rolled down a hillside in Bandipora district of north Kashmir. 5 troopers have been killed in Dec 2024 when a truck plunged right into a gorge in Poonch district close to the LoC. In Aug 2023, 9 troopers died in an analogous crash within the Nyoma space of Ladakh when their car skidded off a mountain highway and fell right into a deep gorge.
