Six dead, 31 injured as bus falls into gorge in J& K’s Udhampur

At least 6 people were killed and 31 others were injured after a bus fell into a gorge in the Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said Saturday.

Srinagar-bound private bus skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir,

The accident took place at Chandeh village near Surinsar around midnight when the driver of the bus lost control over the vehicle which rolled down into the gorge, the officials said.

They said the driver had reportedly taken the interior route to dodge traffic police in view of the restrictions on the main Jammu-Srinagar highway which was opened for traffic from Jammu to Srinagar on Saturday after five days of closure due to landslides caused by rain and snowfall.

The rescue operation was immediately launched. while the injured travellers have been rushed to  Government Medical College hospital Jammu for treatment, the officials said.

Five persons were found dead while 32 were rescued and rushed to Government Medical College hospital Jammu for treatment, the officials said.

They said one of them was declared dead by doctors on arrival.

A few of the injured were stated to be “critical”, the officials said.