Jammu, Jul 21 (PTI) A police officer was injured on Monday after his private car was hit by a landslide triggered by rain near here, officials said.

The probationary DSP was on his way to his place of posting in Samba when the landslide damaged his car outside a tunnel near the Ban toll plaza in the Nagrota area along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, the officials said.

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The officer was rescued and shifted to a hospital where his condition was stated to be stable, they said.

The car suffered extensive damage in the incident.

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The landslide also blocked a part of the highway and efforts were on to restore traffic by removing the debris, the officials said.

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