Nine persons were killed in a tragic road accident near Chini Nallah along Zojila road last night, official sources said.A Tavera bearing registration number JK12-7466 heading towards Srinagar from Kargil fell down into the nallah, after the driver purportedly lost control over the vehicle.The deceased persons have been identified as Azhar Iqbal son of Liyakat Hussain (driver) resident of Poonch, Ankit Dileep son of Dileep Kumar resident of Surat, Gujarat, Gandhi Marmu his father Mangal Marmu son of Qadam Marmu residents of Jharkhand, Ranjit Kumar son of Rohit Kumar, resident of Phathankot Punjab, Muhammad Aslam Parray son of Abdul Rashid Parray resident of Kulgam, Nanak Chand (Naib Subedar) son of Bhagvan Chand resident of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, Dileshwar Sidhar son of Gorakhnath, resident of Sidar Chattisgarh and Sunil Lal