3 soldiers die as Army vehicle plunges into gorge
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Three Army soldiers died after their truck skidded off the road and plunged into a 700-feet deep gorge in Jammu & Kashmir's Ramban district Sunday.
'A joint team from Army, police, SDRF, and QRT retrieved the bodies of Sepoys Amit Kumar, Sujeet Kumar, and Man Bahadur,' an official said.
The truck was part of a convoy travelling from Jammu to Srinagar.
'Northern Command stands firm with the bereaved families in this hour of grief,' Northern Command spokesperson posted on X.
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