Jammu: At least 15 people were killed and more than 18 injured when a bus carrying pilgrims returning from the Amarnath shrine fell into a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir Saturday night, police said.
The incident occurred at 11.30 p.m. after the bus skidded off the Jammu-Srinagar highway near Digdole, 165 km from here, they said.
Ten bus passengers died on the spot and the rest at a hospital in Ramban, where the injured were taken.
Police said some of the passengers were missing and they were searching for them.
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