10 dead, 55 injured as bus with Hindu pilgrims falls into gorge

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10 dead, 55 injured as bus with Hindu pilgrims falls into gorge

A bus carrying Hindu pilgrims to a shrine in Indian-controlled Kashmir skidded off a highway bridge into a Himalayan gorge.

The incident took place on Tuesday, in India killing at least 10 people and injuring 55.

The bus was on the way to Katra town from the northern state of Punjab’s Amritsar city when it fell into the gorge near Jammu city, police said.

Local police officer Chandan Kohli told reporters that the bus was overloaded. He said the dead were from India’s eastern Bihar state.

Residents and authorities rushed to the accident and launched a rescue operation. The injured have been hospitalized.