JAMMU: 4 DIE IN SEPARATE ROAD ACCIDENTS

JAMMU: Four people were killed and two injured in separate road accidents here, police said on Sunday.

In the first incident, Jatin Manhas, 18, and Mahruda Pratap Singh,15, died after two speeding motorcycles collided head-on with each other at Dablehar-chak Mohd Yaar road in RS Pura area on the outskirts of the city on Saturday, the police said. Two others -- Sagar Singh, 13, and Chanpreet Singh, 18, -- were injured in the collision. While Manhas was riding solo, the other three were returning from tuition classes, they said.

In another incident, an appleladen truck coming from Kashmir fell into a deep gorge in Nagrota area late on Saturday. Truck driver Wahin Hussain and his helper Mohammad Younis died in the accident.