13 people including 10 women injured in road accident

Jammu (IANS). Thirteen people, including 10 women, were injured in a road accident in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Thursday.

Thirteen pilgrims on their way to Machail Mata Yatra were injured when a minibus carrying them overturned on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Udhampur district, officials said.

The minibus was carrying Machail Mata passengers from Paddar area of Kishtwar district to Jammu.

“The injured, including 10 women, were admitted to Udhampur city hospital, where doctors referred two seriously injured pilgrims to the Government Medical College Hospital in Jammu city,” officials said.