A truck accident in India (AP)
State police chief N Ramachandran said another 34 passengers were injured in the predawn accident in Tongseng village in Meghalaya state.
The bus was heading to Gauhati, the main city in neighbouring Assam state, when the driver lost control of the vehicle and it plunged into the gorge.
Seven people with critical injuries were moved to a big hospital in the nearby town of Silchar, police said.
Ramachandran said around 65 people were travelling in the 40-seater bus.
Police figures show India has the world's highest road death toll, with more than 110 000 people dying each year in accidents commonly caused by overcrowding, speeding, and poor vehicle and road maintenance.
36 pilgrims, mostly Indians, killed in Nepal bus accident
15 Jul 2012, 08:54 PM
The bus was carrying 70 to 80 Hindu pilgrims, mostly from Uttar Pradesh, to a temple in Nawalparasi district, 150 kilometres west of the capital Kathmandu, police officials in Nawalparasi district said.
The accident site is located some 250 km south west of Kathmandu.
Most of the passengers were going to participate in the Bolbam festival in Tribenighat, they said.
Police has recovered bodies of 25 men, 10 women and a child from the accident site.
The identities of the deceased are not yet known.
Among ten people, who sustained injuries, five men are being treated in Nawalparasi district hospital, while four men and a woman are being treated in Chaupatta Health Centre at Semori village.
The bus was overloaded, which might be the main reason of the accident, police said.
Rescue work was being carried out by the police and Nepal Army with the help of local people.
36 pilgrims, mostly Indians, killed in Nepal bus accident
15 Jul 2012, 08:54 PM
The bus was carrying 70 to 80 Hindu pilgrims, mostly from Uttar Pradesh, to a temple in Nawalparasi district, 150 kilometres west of the capital Kathmandu, police officials in Nawalparasi district said.
The accident site is located some 250 km south west of Kathmandu.
Most of the passengers were going to participate in the Bolbam festival in Tribenighat, they said.
Police has recovered bodies of 25 men, 10 women and a child from the accident site.
The identities of the deceased are not yet known.
Among ten people, who sustained injuries, five men are being treated in Nawalparasi district hospital, while four men and a woman are being treated in Chaupatta Health Centre at Semori village.
The bus was overloaded, which might be the main reason of the accident, police said.
Rescue work was being carried out by the police and Nepal Army with the help of local people.
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