Two women and a child were killed when the public transport vehicle they were travelling in fell into a deep gorge in Udhampur district of Jammu region, an official said Friday.

Three people were also injured in the accident that happened late Thursday when the taxi carrying passengers from Ghordi village went out of the driver's control and slipped 200 feet down into a gorge in Ramnagar area, police said.

The official said the injured have been shifted to a hospital.