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.
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