At least 12 people were killed on the spot and 26 injured six of them seriously. The injured have been referred to PGI in Chandigarh in three different ambulances from Dharamsala.
A tourist bus, carrying pilgrims from Delhi, veered off the road and plunged into a gorge in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh late tonight, killing 12 and injuring 26, according to Himachal Pradesh Transport Minister G S Bali.
The bus, with about 38 aboard, was carrying pilgrims from Delhi to the state when the accident occurred at about 1135 hrs at Charan Khad, in a second major accident at the same spot on this day in two years, he said.
Bali said there was no immediate word on what caused the accident, while rejecting the driver’s version that it was due to the locking of the steering of the vehicle.
He said senior district administration officials, including Kangra DC Bharat Khera, along with a medical team, rushed to the accident site immediately to supervise relief and rescue operations, which were being hampered due to darkness.
The injured have been admitted to the Dr Rajender Prasad Medical College and Hospital here where the doctors described the condition of several of them stable while di
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