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2 Punjab Residents Among 9 Army Personnel Killed In Road Accident In Ladakh: CM Mann

Nine soldiers were kꦛilled and another was critically injured when their vehicle skidded off the road and plunged in👍to a deep gorge in Leh district of Ladakh on Saturday.

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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann Sunday condoled 🌄the death of nine Army personnel in a road accident in Ladakh and said two of them were from the state.

Nine soldiers were killed and another was critically♏ injured when their vehicle skidded off the road and plunged inꦫto a deep gorge in Leh district of Ladakh on Saturday.

The accident took place near Kiari in sou⛄thern La꧑dakh's Nyoma.

The Army vehicle, with 10 personnel on board🅺, was on its way to Nyoma from Leh ♒when its driver lost control and it plunged into a gorge.

Chief Minister Mann on Sunday said two soldiers from Punjab -- Ramesh Lal and⭕ Tarandeep Singh -- were among the nine killed in the accident.

Lal was a resident of Faridkot and Singh of Bassi Pathana in🔥 Fatehgarh Sahib, Mann said on 'X', formerly Twitter.

-With PTI Input

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