Six passengers were killed when a vehicle in which they were traveling skidded and fell into a gorge in Kishtwar district on Thursday evening, authorities here said.
An Eeco vehicle carrying six people skidded off the road and rolled down into a gorge near Nagriana area, they said.
Five persons died on the spot and one succumbed to his injuries in hospital, they said.
The deceased have been identified as Latief Rather, Abdul Rehman, Mohd Irfan, Ghulam Hassan, Atta Mohd, and Zubair Ahmed, they said.