At least 15 people were killed and 25 injured on Monday when the bus they were travelling in fell into a gorge in Himachal Pradesh's Sirmaur district, police said.
The accident took place at around 2 pm in a remote mountainous area near Noradhar, around 120 km from Shimla. The private bus was on its way from Gathadhar to Solan.
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"Fifteen people died immediately. The injured have been admitted to hospital and five of them are said to be critical," said a police official.
"The cause of the accident is not yet clear," he said.
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