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7 killed as jeep plunges down mountain slope on outskirts of Muzaffarabad

MUZAFFARABAD: Seven people, including a father and his two sons, were killed when a passenger jeep plunged down a mountain slope on the outskirts of Muzaffarabad on Sunday, officials said. The jeep had set off from Nakka Shakkar Pattiyan village for Seri Darra village towards the northeast of Muzaffarabad and had travelled barely three kilometres when the accident occurred around 12pm near Sathra Podemar village, according to police and administration officials. The driver lost control of the ve