Five killed, seven injured in J&K accident

Five people were killed and seven others injured in an accident on Saturday on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district, police said.

A truck of the Border Roads Organisation transporting labourers went out of the driver's control and rolled down a deep gorge in Sher Bibi area on the highway, a police officer said.

The injured were taken to hospital for treatment, while one critically injured person was shifted to Srinagar for specialised treatment.