Jammu and Kashmir: 25 killed in bus mishap in Kishtwar
Srinagar, July 1 (IBNS): At least 25 people died as a bus in which they were travelling fell into a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district on Monday, media reports said.
The bus was travelling from Keshwan to Kishtwar.
More than 40 people were travelling in the bus when the mishap occurred.
“Though exact details have not come to us but 25 people are feared dead and many others have been injured. Rescue teams have been dispatched to the site of mishap,” a police officer from Police control room in Kishtwar district headquarters told Hindustan Times.
The locals rushed to the site of the mishap immediately after the accident.
The injured people were rushed to District Hospital Kishtwar for treatment.
Terrible news coming in about the high death toll in a bus accident in Kishtwar. Condolences to the families of the deceased & prayers for the swift recovery of the injured.
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) July 1, 2019
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah condoled the loss of lives in the tragedy and tweeted: "Terrible news coming in about the high death toll in a bus accident in Kishtwar. Condolences to the families of the deceased & prayers for the swift recovery of the injured."
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