Not less than 10 folks died and 55 had been injured when a bus carrying Hindu pilgrims skid right into a mountain gorge in Indian-controlled KashmirRescuers put together to make use of a crane after a bus carrying Hindu pilgrims to a shrine skid off a freeway bridge right into a Himalayan gorge close to …
SRINAGAR, India — A bus carrying Hindu pilgrims to a shrine in Indian-controlled Kashmir skid off a freeway bridge right into a Himalayan gorge Tuesday, killing at the very least 10 folks and injuring 55, police mentioned.
The bus was on method to Katra city from the northern state of Punjab’s Amritsar metropolis when it fell into the gorge close to Jammu metropolis, police mentioned.
Native police officer Chandan Kohli instructed reporters that the bus was overloaded. He mentioned the useless had been from India’s jap Bihar state.
Residents and authorities rushed to the accident spot and launched a rescue operation. The injured have been hospitalized.
The shrine of Vaishno Devi in Katra is extremely revered by Hindus and a whole lot of hundreds go to it yearly.
India has a few of the highest highway dying charges on this planet, with a whole lot of hundreds of individuals killed and injured yearly. Most crashes are blamed on reckless driving, poorly maintained roads and growing older automobiles.
