At least 17 passengers were killed and 16 more injured when a mini bus skidded off the road and plunged into a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district today, officials said.
The accident occurred at Dandaran, near Thakrai, when the driver of the mini bus, which was on its way to Kishtwar from the Keshwan area, lost control of it and the vehicle plunged into the over-300-foot gorge, near the Chenab riverbed, on Friday (September 14) morning, they said.
"A total of 17 persons died and 16 others injured in the unfortunate incident," District Development Commissioner (Kishtwar) Angrez Singh Rana told PTI.
He said the dead included three women and the driver Ashraf Hussain.
Interestingly, Hussain was fined by the traffic police for overloading on Thursday, officials said.
Source: NDTV
BDST: 2141 HRS, SEP 14, 2018
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