GILGIT, May 26: Six people, including three women and two children, were killed while nine others were injured when the jeep they were traveling in skidded off the road and plunged into a river here on Thursday, administration officials said.

Magistrate Charagh-ud-Din said the ill-fated jeep was heading towards Gilgit from Kargah village, but due to over-speeding the driver lost control over it as a result the vehicle fell into the Karagh River at Nilo Koh point in the suburbs of the Gilgit city.

The official said that those killed included driver, three women and two infants.

He said the local volunteers and government officials retrieved the injured and the dead and shifted them to the DHQ hospital.

However, body of a child could not be fished out despite hectic efforts due to violent waves in the river.

SESSION SUMMONED:

The governor Gilgit-Baltistan has summoned the assembly session at 10.30am on June 6, according to a notification.

The police have been directed to take fool-proof security measures during the session.

The newly elected member of the assembly, Nawaz Khan Naji, will take oath in the upcoming session.

Meanwhile, meeting of the house advisory committee has also been summoned on June 4 at the speaker's chamber, officials said.