22 Dead in Bus Accident in Northern India

22 dead in bus accident in northern India

NEW DELHI, May 2 (Xinhua) — At least 22 people were killed and 24 injured when the bus they were traveling in rolled into a deep gorge in northern India’s Himachal Pradesh Wednesday, according to Indo-Asian News Service.

The report quoted the police as saying that the private bus was on its way from a village to Shimla, a city of Himachal Pradesh, when it fell into a 300-meter gorge. All the injured have been sent to a hospital.

“Eighteen people were killed on the spot and four declared dead in hospital,” said Shimla district police chief Anand Pratap Singh.

The dead includes two Oriya and two Nepali laborers.

It is said that survivors heard a loud explosion and the bus swerved off the road, indicating mechanical failure.

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