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Ten individuals were killed as a SUV slid off the Jammu-Srinagar Public Thruway and fell into a canyon in Ramban region on Friday, authorities said.

The vehicle, a Tavera, was on its way from Srinagar to Jammu and it fell into a 300-ft-profound chasm in Battery Cheshma region of the locale around 1.15 am, they said.

Ten individuals had passed on, the authorities said.

Police and State Catastrophe Reaction Power (SDRF) staff are at the spot. The collections of 10 travelers had been recuperated in the midst of weighty downpour, the authorities said.

They said the vehicle's driver, Balwan Singh (47), of Amb Ghrotha in Jammu and Vipin Mukhiya Bhairagang of West Champaran in Bihar are among the departed.

Salvage activity is in progress, the authorities said.

In a post on X, Association serve and Udhampur MP Jitendra Singh expressed staff of the police, SDRF and common speedy reaction groups are at the spot and the salvage activity is in progress. "My earnest sympathies to the deprived families," he said.

"Addressed Ramban Delegate Chief Baseer-ul-Haq subsequent to finding out about the heartbreaking street mishap in which a traveler taxi moved down a profound chasm on the Jammu-Srinagar Public Parkway close to Battery Chashma prompting deficiency of 10 lives," Singh said.

Keep going year on November 15, 39 travelers were killed and 17 others harmed as a transport fell into a profound canyon in Doda locale.