Five dead, eight injured in Ramban road accident

Banihal: Five persons, including a child and two women, died and eight others were injured in a road accident in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday.

Reports said a passenger cab skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge on Chanderkoot-Rajgarh link road today morning.

They said five passengers, including two women and a child, died on the spot while eight others were injured.

An official said the injured were rushed to district hospital Ramban where the condition of some of them is stated to be critical.