Early Times Report
Doda, June 7: At least 30 people were injured after a bus skidded off the road and fell into a ditch in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. In a video that captured the incident, it can be clearly seen how the bus was driving on the edge of the road despite no railings on its side. Onlookers immediately assembled on the spot. On June 5, at least 11 people, including six women, were killed and 19 injured when a bus they were travelling in fell into a 500-metre-deep gorge in Mizoram's Lunglei district. The private bus was being driven by the helper as the driver was asleep when the accident took place. Similarly on June 1, a bus travelling from Shimla to Tikkar in Himachal Pradesh fell into a 500-ft gorge when the driver lost control while negotiating a steep turn, killing eight passengers. |