Jammu, May 5 -- At least three soldiers were killed on Sunday as an army truck veered off road and plunged into a 300-metre deep gorge in Ramban district, said officials.

They said the truck was part of a convoy en route from Jammu to Srinagar. Ramban senior superintendent of police (SSP) Kulbir Singh said, "three soldiers have died in the accident which took place between Battery Chashma and Monkey Morh on Jammu-Srinagar national highway around noon."

He said the deceased soldiers were identified as Naib Subedar Sujeet Kumar, Rifleman Manbahadur and driver Amit Kumar.

"Though the exact cause of the accident will be known only after a thorough probe, we found a steering bolt from the site where the truck veered off road. It appears tha...