kishtwarjammu at least eight people were killed and three others injured critically when a sports utility vehicle suv skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in kishtwar district of jammu and kashmir on tuesday officials said the suv carrying the passengers from chingam to chatroo met with the accident near village bonda at around 315 pm the official said they said rescue teams comprising police rashtriya rifles and local villagers swung into action immediately after the vehicle rolled down from the hilly road five persons were found dead onthespot and three others succumbed while being evacuated to a hospital the officials said adding three more injured were rushed to hospital in a critical condition senior superintendent of police kishtwar shafqat bhat has reached the scene and is supervising the rescue operation the officials said union minister jitendra singh termed the accident as unfortunate and said all possible help as required will be provided former minister g m saroori also expressed grief over the loss of lives in the accident and demanded immediate exgratia relief to the next of kin of each deceased