Fifty-three people were killed and many others critically injured on Friday when a bus in which they were travelling rolled down a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district.
Reports said the bus was only 8 km from Rajouri town, 160 km north of Jammu, when the accident occurred. The bus was on its way from Darhal to Rajouri town.
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The number of the dead could rise, as most of the injured were in a very serious condition, police said.
The injured were being shifted to the district hospital in Rajouri.
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