Five killed in a car accident on Jammu-Srinagar highway

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, March 19, 2015: Five people were killed in Jammu when their taxi fell into a deep gorge on Jammu-Srinagar Highway on Thursday. 

 

"A taxi went out of the driver’s control and plunged into a deep gorge near Shaitani Nallah on Jammu-Srinagar highway in Ramban district," said a senior police officer.

"Five passengers were killed on the spot and three were critically injured," the officer said.

All the passengers on the vehicle were labourers and were not locals.

The strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway was thrown open for one-way traffic on Thursday after remaining closed for four consecutive days due to landslides.


Courtesy: Indiatoday