At least 10 people were injured after a passenger bus skidded off a road and plunged into a deep gorge in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, officials said.
The bus was travelling from Pechound to Ramnagar when the accident occurred at Gulli Gala at around 8 am, the officials said.
The bus was reduced to a mangled heap of iron.
At least 10 injured passengers were rushed to a hospital while the rescue operation was still underway, they said.
Union Minister Jitendra Singh spoke to Deputy Commissioner, Udhampur, Ananth Dwivedi, after receiving information about the accident.
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He said all necessary assistance was being provided and that his office was in constant touch with the district administration.