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14:20, 01-Jul-2018
47 dead in bus accident in northern India
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14:13, 04-Jul-2018
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As many as 47 people have been killed after a passenger bus skidded off a steep mountain road and plunged into a deep gorge in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand Sunday, police said.
The accident occurred on the Pipali-Bhoan motorway in Pauri Garhwal district, some 200 km from the state capital of Dehradun.
"The bus carrying some 50 people, including a driver and a conductor, veered off the road and fell into the 200-feet deep gorge this morning. While 45 people died on the spot in the impact of the crash, two succumbed to their injuries at a hospital," a police official said.
The privately operated bus was going to Ramnagar from Bhoan when the accident occurred.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed his grief over the tragic deaths and said that "authorities are providing all possible assistance at the accident site."
"Extremely saddened by the bus accident in Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. My deepest condolences to the bereaved families. I pray that those injured recover at the earliest," Modi said in a statement, tweeted by the Prime Minister's Office.
Source(s): Xinhua News Agency