Jammu: 5 students among ten injured in 2 mishaps

Ten persons including five students were injured in two separate accidents in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Monday.

Ten persons including five students were injured in two separate accidents in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Monday.

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A Matador carrying school students was on its way to Jammu when it skidded off the highway and turned turtle near Bishnah in Samba district Monday, a police officer said.

Five students were hospitalised, he said, adding, driver of their vehicle fled from the spot and police have launched a hunt to arrest him.

In another accident, five people were injured when their vehicles collided on highway near hotel-17 Miles in the district late Sunday night.

They were going to cave shrine of Mata Vaishnodevi. Injured were admitted in Bishnah hospital, police added.