Jammu, July 16 -- A five year old girl among seven people died and 17 others were injured after a tempo traveller they were travelling in, plunged into a gorge in Doda district on Tuesday morning, said officials.

A tempo traveller carrying locals veered off the road and plunged into a deep gorge near Ponda on Doda-Barath road on Tuesday, said a police officer, further informing that three passengers were killed on the spot and two others died enroute a hospital in Doda and two succumbed during treatment at Government Medical College and hospital at Jammu.

The deceased were identified as Mohammad Ashraf, 35, Mangta Wani, 33, Tariq Hussain, 50, Rafiqa Begum, 60, Uzma Bano, 5 and Shukar Din, 36, all from Aul village besides Atta Mohammad, ...