Uttarakhand road accident: At least 5 killed, 17 injured as bus overturns in Pauri, crashes into deep ditch
Live MintAt least five people were killed and seventeen others were injured on Sunday after a bus fell into a deep gorge in Uttarakhand. “Pauri police and local people carried out a rescue operation on the spot and a total of 18 injured were taken out and sent to the hospital, while 4 people died on the spot in the incident, whose bodies were also taken to the hospital for necessary action,” said Commander SDRF Arpan Yaduvanshi who oversaw the initiative. Eight of the injured have been referred to a higher health center in Srinagar in critical conditions while others remain at the Pauri district hospital. The incident comes mere weeks after two people — including a Provincial Armed Constabulary jawan — were killed while travelling by car through Uttarakhand.