Over eight passengers were feared dead and 20 others injured when a bus skidded off the road and plunged into a gorge near Siot in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Thursday.
“Over eight passengers are feared dead and 20 others are injured in the mishap at Lamberi near Siot in Rajouri district,” said a police officer at the Rajouri police control room.
It’s a remote area, around 16 km from Jammu. Exact details of the dead and injured will be released once rescue operations were over, he added.
“The bus was on its way to Jammu from Surankote in Poonch. The exact cause of the mishap is being investigated, but as of now it appears to be a case of negligence,” he added.
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