Fifteen dead after bus plunges into gorge in India

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Fifteen ***** after bus plunges into gorge in India

A passenger bus has veered off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in northern India, ******** at least 15 people and injuring more than 25 others, officials say.

Monday’s accident happened in Almora district in the mountainous state of Uttarakhand.

The bus was carrying more than 40 people, and so far 15 bodies have been recovered, state government official Vineet Pal said.

Teams of rescue and relief workers have been deployed to the site and authorities warned the ****** toll may rise as they work to rescue passengers that may still be trapped inside.

The state’s chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said the teams are working to quickly evacuate the injured passengers to the nearest health centre for treatment and that authorities have been instructed to airlift those seriously hurt.

A preliminary investigation suggested the bus, which was reportedly in a dilapidated condition, skidded before tumbling down a 60m-deep gorge, Pal said.

A number of passengers managed to escape or were thrown out by the impact, and then alerted authorities about the accident.

India has some of the highest road ****** rates in the world, with hundreds of thousands of people ******* and injured annually. Most crashes are blamed on reckless driving, poorly maintained roads and ageing vehicles.

In July, at least 18 people ***** after a double-decker passenger bus collided with a milk truck in Uttar Pradesh state. In May, a bus carrying Hindu pilgrims skidded and rolled into a deep gorge on a mountainous highway in Indian-controlled Kashmir, ******** at least 21 people.

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