Jammu, May 19 (PTI) A two-year-old child and his mother were killed while three of their family members sustained injuries when the car in which they were travelling skidded off the road and turned turtle in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, officials said.

The accident occurred on the Jammu-Pathankot Highway and the family was on its way to Jammu from Kathua, they said.

Also Read | AIIMS Delhi Doubles Private Ward Charges; Abolishes Investigation, Laboratary Charges.

Nisha (35) and her son Ridhay were killed while her husband Varun Sharma and the couple's two daughters were injured and are undergoing treatment at a hospital, they said.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)