<span style="color: #222222;">Sixteen persons were killed in a road accident in Doda district of Jammu division this afternoon.<br />'' <br />'' The accident occurred when a passenger vehicle carrying 17 persons skidded off from a link road and rolled down about 250 feet down on the Doda- Batote National Highway.<br />'' <br />''<br />''While 12 persons died on the spot, four others died in the hospital. One critically injured person has been shifted to Government Medical College, Jammu for specialized treatment.</span><br />