Five killed, 3 injured as taxi plunged into a river in Jammu-Srinagar highway

Jammu :  Police said that five people were killed and three others injured when a taxi plunged into a river along the Jammu-Srinagar highway.

The accident occurred at Gangroo in Ramban district when the driver lost control of the vehicle on the 300-km highway and plunged into a deep gorge and then a river, police said.

A police officer told IANS that the vehicle was on its way to Jammu from the Kashmir Valley. While one person died at the spot, four others succumbed to their injuries later.