5 Dead, 15 Injured as Mini Bus Falls into Gorge in J&K’s Kathua

Last Update: January 20, 2023, 23:31 IST

Rescue workers found four people, including a 60-year-old woman, dead on the spot.  (File photo / shutterstock)

Rescue workers found four people, including a 60-year-old woman, dead on the spot. (File photo / shutterstock)

The accident took place at Sila village in Billawar in the evening when the driver lost control of the private bus at a blind turn.

Five people, including a woman, were killed and 15 others injured when a mini bus skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Friday.

The accident took place at Sila village in Billawar in the evening when the driver lost control of the private bus at a blind turn, they said.

According to the police, the bus was going from Mondli village to Dhanu Parole village.

He said rescue workers found four people, including a 60-year-old woman, dead at the scene, while 16 others were taken to hospital where one of them died.

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