Five killed as car rams into truck in Jammu

A major accident took place in Jammu-Pathankot Highway in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday in which five people killed as their car rammed into a stationary truck. All five were rushed to a hospital where they were declared brought dead.

Jammu: Five persons were killed on Thursday when their car rammed into a stationary truck on the Jammu-Pathankot Highway in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.

The accident took place at Swanda Morh in Gagwal area when the car driver lost control and hit the truck parked on the roadside around 5.30 am, a police official said.

All the five occupants of the car were rushed to a nearby hospital where they were declared brought dead.

The identity of the deceased is yet to be ascertained. (PTI)