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Jammu, May 3 (UNI) Four people, including a Karnataka High Court judge and his wife, were critically injured in a car accident on their way to the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir, police said.

Justice R Gururajan, his wife Vijay Lakshmi, their driver Dishware Doss and personal security guard Suleiman were injured after their car skidded off the road and fell into a gorge near Katra, about 45 kms from here.

All the injured were immediately shifted to the the Government Medical College and Hospital here.

Police were looking into the matter to ascertain the cause of accident.

UNI