Bus accident leaves at least 39 dead and 17 injured on Himalayan road in Indian-controlled Kashmir
Associated PressSRINAGAR, India — A passenger bus slid off a Himalayan highway killing at least 39 people and injuring 17 others after rolling down a steep slope onto another road in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Wednesday, officials said. The 42-seater bus was on the way to southern Jammu city from Kishtwar town when it veered off the road and fell down about 660 feet on an older road in the mountainous region, said Harvinder Singh, a civil administrator. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on X, formerly Twitter, called the accident “distressing” and offered condolences to the victims’ families. Last year, a century-old cable suspension bridge collapsed into a river in the western Indian state of Gujarat, sending hundreds plunging into the water and killing at least 132 in one of the worst accidents in the country in the past decade.