A 35-year-old man was killed and two women were critically injured today when the car they were travelling in skidded off the road and rolled down into a gorge, the police said.
The accident occurred near Dunadi village in the district when the car was travelling from Gandoh to Doda on the Thathri-Kilhotran road, they said.
The driver, Abdul Latief, lost control over the vehicle while passing a curve and the car rolled down the hill and fell on a mud house near the banks of a river, leaving him dead and critically injuring two passengers - Rozia Bano and Zohra Begum - who were rushed to a hospital, police said.
The roof of the mud-house suffered extensive damages in the mishap but its occupants escaped unhurt, an official said.
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