At least 28 people died and nine injured in Himachal Pradesh’s Rampur after a private bus fell into a gorge in the hill state on Thursday morning, police said.
The bus was carrying around 40 passengers when the accident occurred. Local administration rushed police and rescue personnel to the spot and a team of the National Disaster Response Force was on its way, said deputy commissioner of police Rohan Chand Thakur.
Civic and police administration started the rescue operations and the injured people have been taken to the nearest hospital. The number of casualties may increase further as the bus rolled down around 200 metres towards the bank of the Sutlej River.