7 Dead As Bus Taking Pilgrims To Vaishno Devi Falls Into Jammu Gorge

Srinagar:

Seven people died after a bus carrying pilgrims to the Vaishno Devi shrine skidded off a bridge and fell into a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir, police said today.

Another 16 passengers were injured and taken to the hospital, initial reports suggest. Some of them are said to be critically injured.

The bus was on its way from Amritsar when the incident occurred on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, near Jajjar Kotli area, about 15 km from its destination Katra in Reasi district.

The injured are being treated at the Government Medical College in Jammu.