Two soldiers were killed when an army vehicle they were travelling in met with an accident in Rajouri district on Saturday.

An official said that a vehicle skidded off the road and fell about 200-ft down into a gorge near Dungannon nallah apparently due to rash driving.

In the incident two soldiers suffered critical injuries and were shifted to army hospital Rajouri were they succumbed to injuries.

They had been identified as Havildar Sudhir Kumar of Bihar and Paramvir Sharma of Rajouri.

A case has been registered and further investigations taken up, he said.