J-K: 8 injured after police vehicle capsizes

Three prisoners and five policemen sustained injuries when a police vehicle carrying them through Brazloo area of Kulgam met with an accident on Tuesday.

The police vehicle was heading towards the district jail from a local court adjoining Kulgam district and skidded off the road after reaching a nearby bridge.

The local police evacuated all injured to a nearby hospital for treatment. Their condition is said to be stable.

A case has been registered and a probe is underway.

The incident comes nearly three weeks after a minibus travelling from Banihal to Ramban fell into a deep gorge at Kela Moth on the Jammu-Srinagar Highway, leaving 20 people dead and 13 injured.