SRINAGAR, SEP 14 (PTK): At least 17 people were killed and a dozen others were injured, seven of them seriously, after a minibus plunged 300 feet into a deep gorge near the Chenab river in the Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday morning.
The accident occurred at Dandaran, near Thakrai, when the driver of the mini bus, which was on its way to Kishtwar from the Keshwan area, lost control of it on Friday morning.
“The bus was carrying over 30 passengers”, Kishtwar SSP, Rajinder Gupta, said, adding that the rescue operation was launched immediately after the accident. The 25-seater minibus was on its way from Thakrai in Keshwan to Kishtwar, he said. Thakrai is 15 km from Kishtwar town in Jammu region.
Gupta said seven seriously injured passengers were being airlifted to Jammu government medical college and hospital for specialised treatment.
“A helicopter from Pawan Hans and then another from Army will be ferrying the injured to Jammu,” he said.
The mishap occurred around 8.30 am when the minibus veered off the road and plunged into the gorge, the SSP said.
Local people were the first responders to the early morning accident before the police and the army was rushed to the spot to launch rescue operations. (PTK)
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