Srinagar, Nov. 29 -- Killer roads have claimed over 55 lives in Kishtwar, Doda, Rajouri, Poonch, and Ramban districts in the last three months.

For the last few months, scores of road accidents have taken place in the mountainous regions of Jammu, which has devastated many families.

On Monday, four members of a family lost their lives when the vehicle they were traveling in skidded off the road and plunged into a gorge along the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway at Chenani in Udhampur district.

On November 16, as many as eight people were killed in a road accident in Kishtwar district. Days before three senior government officials and a driver died in Doda when their vehicle skidded off road and fell into the gorge.

Locals said the road...