Thirty-three passengers were killed when a mini bus rolled down a hilly road and fell into deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on Monday, a senior police officer said.
The bus, which way on its way to Kishtwar from Keshwan, skidded off the road at Sirgwari and rolled down into the gorge around 7:30 am, PTI reported.
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Bodies of 20 passengers have been recovered so far, IGP, Jammu, M K Sinha, told the news agency.
Earlier, police officials had said that 24 people have been killed in the accident.
Rescue operation is underway, he said.