Five  persons were injured in a road accident in Kotranka area of Rajouri district on Thursday.

An official said that a road accident took place in Rehan area of sub division Kotranka of Rajouri  district in which five persons were injured.

He said that the car went out of control and fell into a ditch in Rehan area of Kotranka and soon after the accident, the team of police station Kandi and local people started the rescue operation and took all the injured to District Hospital Rajouri for treatment.

Injured were identified as Arfana Kosar wife of Mohd. Alyas, Mohd.Shabir son of Makan Din, Mohd.Qadeer son of Nazir Hussain, Azmath Bagam wife of wali Mohd and Shamim Aktar Mohd Qadeer who all are residents of Lamdarhal Nowshera.

Station House Officer Kandi Shakeel Manhas said that a case has been registered in Kandi police station and investigation has been started.