Eight persons were killed and at least sixteen others injured after three vehicles skidded off the road in the hilly Doda and Ramban districts in Jammu and Kashmir in three separate incidents.

"In the first accident near Chattergalla top on Bhaderwah-Pathankot National Highway in Doda, five persons died after the vehicle skidded off the road and fell into a gorge," said Vinod Sharma, Additional Superintendent of Police, Bhaderwah.