Twenty-seven die as bus falls into gorge in Kashmir

Sunday, February 6, 2005

Twenty seven people died at the scene and another 35 were transported to a nearby hospital.

Twenty seven people are dead and 35 injured after the bus in which they were travelling left the road and fell into a gorge in Kashmir, India.

The bus fell into a deep gorge near Barmeen, 90 km from the winter capital of Kashmir, Jammu. Twenty seven people died at the scene and another 35 have been transferred to a nearby general hospital.

Police are investigating the cause of the accident.

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