29 killed when bus falls into gorge in Almora in Uttarakhand

DEHRADUN: On Monday, 29 people were killed and several others injured when a bus fell into a deep gorge in Almora district of Uttarakhand, a senior official said.

While 22 people died on the spot, nine passengers succumbed to their injuries at Ramnagar Hospital,” said Vineet Pal, District Disaster Management Officer. TNIE.

The bus was on its way from Pauri to Ramnagar when the accident took place at Marchula in Almora, District Magistrate Alok Kumar Pandey added.

About 40 passengers were on the bus when it fell into the 200-metre-deep gorge, Pandey said.

Commander Arpan Yaduvanshi of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) said The new Indian Express“We received information about the accident at 8.45 am on Monday. Four SDRF teams were immediately sent to the site. Our personnel recovered the bodies and rescued injured people by breaking the glass windows and cutting the iron plates of the bus.”