Bus Falls Into Gorge, 28 Dead

Nearly 28 people died and nine sustained injuries after a private bus fell in a gorge on Thursday morning in Himachal Pradesh’s Rampur. A rescue team along with National Disaster Response Force have started the rescue operations. DCP Rohan Chand Thakur said the injured have been shifted to a nearby hospital.

The bus with 40 passengers onboard was on its way to Solan from Reckong Peo in Kinnaur when the fatal mishap occurred around 9:15am. Police officials say that there could have been higher causalities as the bus rolled down around 200 metres towards the bank of the Sutlej River.

It may be recalled that on July 10 a private bus fell into Machhada Khud near Rampur in which six people died and 19 got injured.